Sigh. I can see those things you mentioned.
I have some sympathy for Police, because they see, straight up and in the face, the seamy underbelly of human dishonesty and corruption all the time. No wonder they have stress, suicides, etc. We can look away from it, but they cannot.
Corruption is in human nature. We need to be ever wary of it, expect it, and plan for it as the Founders of this nation did.
I try to do the best I can, but I found myself thinking of doing something dishonest some time back. I was only saved from doing it because I couldn’t accomplish it. When I thought about it after the fact, I could only shake my head. What if I had succeeded?
At a fundamental level, I’m no better than those store owners in Brooklyn who filed for $9,900 dollars of stolen goods.
I am trying to find my way to God, and it seems to me that there is something in this observation that is relevant.
“I am trying to find my way to God”
That’s an ongoing project.