Means or ends?

Is it the means or is it the ends that count?

Dammit!  I can wax pretty poetical until it comes time to actually put it all down in writing.  Once that happens--I pretty much dry right up.

But all my thoughtfulness had to do with the ends justifying the means.  Do they?  Can they?  Is it all just a bunch of rationalization?

If I end up getting to where I want to go, does it matter how I got there?

If my kids all grow up to be good and decent people, does it matter that I fudged a bit here and there in my efforts to push and encourage them along?

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The boys cap, gown, and graduation announcements cost me $77.  I think I got off pretty good.

Oh, and he called from work at 10 saying he might need stitches in his finger.