- April 23, 2024
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We asked residents of Ormond Beach about the best advice they'd ever received. Here is one of their responses.
Belinda Legut, Ormond Beach Police Athletic League recreation leader
Best advice: Character is one of the most valued qualities of a person.
Nine years ago, when I started working for the Police Athletic League, I took several youths to a leadership training class. The Florida PAL Executive Director, L.B. Scott, asked the youth for the definition of character.
Several gave answers — pretty good ones, too — but Scott’s definition will stay with me forever. “Character is what you do or how you act when you think no one is watching,” he said.
Through the years, I have found myself in situations where this thought process has been applied to all that I do.
Several years ago, a very dear friend shared with me that “once integrity is lost, a seed of doubt has been planted, and like a weed, doubt is hard to get rid of.” So I find myself trying to do what is right, even if no one else is aware of that.
