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Lori Loughlin and The Problem with Shortcuts
How many shortcuts have been justified with the best of intentions? At the sentencing for her role in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal, actress Lori Loughlin addressed the court:
“I made an awful decision. I went along with a plan to give my daughters an unfair advantage in the college admissions process. In doing so, I ignored my intuition and allowed myself to be swayed from my moral compass. “I thought I was acting out of love for my children, but in reality it only undermined and diminished my daughters’ abilities and accomplishments.”
A wrong shortcut, even one taken for the right reasons, always causes someone pain. It is a labyrinth honeycombed with trip wires.
Max Lucado, God Never Gives Up on You: What Jacob’s Story Teaches Us About Grace, Mercy, and God’s Relentless Love (Thomas Nelson, 2023). Source Material from Steve Helling, “Lori Loughlin Speaks Out After Receiving 2-Month Prison Sentence: ‘I Made an Awful Decision.’” People, August 21, 2020, people.com/crime/lori-loughlin-speaks-after-receiving-2-months-prison-sentence-i-made-an-awful-decision.