Simplicity Sobriety Regularity Industry

 

Simplicity, sobriety, regularity, and industry

This is what we need to strive for when we return

We may be the prodigal sons and daughters

But respect and restoration can always be re-earned.

 

To be simple is important

Have a simple goal

Such as I will take up right work, and do that right work right

However different, humble, straightforward, and mundane the role.

 

To be sober is important

So many reasons to list

For physical and mental health, for safety, to use money and time wisely

To mend relationships, and to foolish and illegal acts resist.

 

To be regular is important

Because all character strengths must be restored

If you are on time, dependable, responsible, and start being a person of your word

You show real change that's hard to ignore.

 

Industry is important

You have to show you have moved from taking and breaking to helping, serving, and bringing

This is how you put the past behind you

This is how you leave behind, the previous life you were living and its misgivings.

 

Simplicity, sobriety, regularity, and industry

This is how you draw a curtain on your past

Bad doesn't always stay bad, hopeless doesn't always stay hopeless

Seize the opportunity to change the role into which you were by your own will, or accidentally cast.

 

Simplicity, sobriety, regularity, and industry

This is what we need to strive for when we return

We may be the prodigal sons and daughters

But respect and restoration can always be re-earned.