Integrity: doing the right thing even when no one is watching.
What is integrity anyway?
Does it have a color?
Are we defined by our personal integrity?
Do we judge or hold others to our standard of integrity?
Do the rules that I make for myself apply to everyone around me?
I found out today that the answer is yes. I fully expect everyone within my circle of friends/family to hold themselves accountable to my definition of integrity. I don't know if that's particularly fair because we are all different. But I think that we do judge everyone by our standards. Personal, ethical, moral, professional ... and so the list goes on. Sometimes, though, these expectations set us up for heartache. It just seems to be unavoidable. I had hoped to avoid heartache by not having any expectations. It now seems that neutrality is not one of my strong points.
Who knew?
