Several years ago a young man came to my home to ask advice about an Eagle Project. I asked him why he wanted to be an Eagle Scout. He replied without hesitation, “So I can drive.” Sometimes in our zeal to produce Eagle Scouts we provide incentives that become more important than the award. One leader commented that the goal of Scouting is not to make sure that every boy becomes an Eagle or that the troop become the top one in the Church. The only goal, he said, was to develop boys that would return to Heavenly Father with the strongest character and the best spirit (see Ruel A. Allred, New
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