Question Of Ethics

My company is sending me back to East Coast for additional technical training. Conveniently enough, I will be within 45 minutes of a car ride to my family. Instead of staying in a hotel that is within waking distance to the classes, I opted for renting a car, and drive back and forth between classes and my family.

The question is “Is it ethical of me to charge car expenses to the business account?” On one hand, my company isn’t paying for my hotel, I will be sleeping elsewhere. Nor will they have to pay for any food expenses. On the other hand, while I am using the car to get to classes, I am also using it for my own needs. Would splitting the cost be a fair thing to do? Or should I calculate the price of hotel and food, and weight that amount against the cost of car?

Perhaps I should just call my local rabbi and ask him this question?

Taking Myself With Me

I made a geographical escape to Pacific Coast away from East Coast, and away from myself. Yet, I find that “myself” is with me no matter what I go. Perhaps it is the time I stop running away from myself, and learn to accept myself.

The problem is I don’t know who I am. I sincerely believe that every being ought to have a solid foundation of a belief system, a code of behavior that is true to an individual at all times. Yet, I have no such code for myself. I slip in and out of different systems, never remaining faithful to any of them. I am always cheating, so to speak; come to think of it, my cheating is very much consistent.

Who am I? Why am I here? How do I figure out what I ought to do with my life? What should I do with my life? These questions have driven insane many before me, yet a great deal of many others have found answers to these questions, accepted those answers, and lived at peace. Why can I not do the same for myself?