🔵 By Christopher Rowland. Photo by lauragrafie.
Above all, integrity is a good mother and wife, who sacrifices her own dreams and all else, so that the dreams of her children and husband may come true.
It is, a good father and husband, who works hard to bring home his wages, so that all in his care have a chance to be happy.
It is, a soldier who believes in a cause, has weighed who is right, who is not. Then stands up for the side he has chosen, in clear conscience, believing he is right.
It is, a religious life, being an example of the virtues of its faith. Choosing good over bad, even though it is within every person, to not even care.
It is, caring for that is good, beautiful, innocent, helpless true and right. Even though so many around you, do not.
It is, not taking unfair advantage of others, understanding the rights of others and respecting them. Even though you might enjoy cheating them.
Integrity is a burden, self-imposed. Yet by having it you discover who you really are, you find the treasure of your own self-worth and dignity.
Integrity, creates its own rewards at the end of your life, as you look back upon it, because you can smile, content that you made your world a better place than it was when you first arrived upon it. Integrity, is a treasure.