Integrity

Have the courage to say no.  Have the courage to face the truth.  Do the right thing because it is right.  These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.  ~ W. Clement Stone

 

 

It seems like everywhere around us, we are seeing evidence of people living contrary to W. Clement Stone's quote: on the news, in the newspaper, via word of mouth, through personal experience  -- but then comes that one story of someone that defines the word "integrity" -- and we feel that maybe the world isn't such a bad place after all.

 

Living with integrity is an inherently human trait.  Integrity is not a characteristic that you can apply to another other species. Living with integrity can be hard to do.  It is hard to say no.  It is difficult to face the truth.  And doing the right thing is not always easy.  We are programmed to take the path of least resistance and that is what makes living with integrity hard, as it often takes us through more onerous paths.  Living with integrity may not make you popular, but at the end of the day it is its own reward knowing that you did the right thing.  And sometimes, -- just sometimes --you may just find out years later what an impact you made by living with integrity. That is a  moment when you realize that, though difficult, living with integrity changes lives beyond your own for the better.

 

May you take the more onerous path and live your life with integrity...