INTERGRITY: THE MAGIC WORD

cryptobyno (39)in #lifestyle • 8 years ago

How can you make your life yield to its fullest? How can you uncover the real secret of power? How can you attain a true and lasting greatness? How can your life be filled with happiness, peace of mind, and a rich, abiding satisfaction that never decreases? The answers to these tough questions have been sought throughout the ages. And there is an answer!
Follow closely. Take issue with me if you must. Every day we witness men and women who fail to measure up to the power of this quality. Examine it closely- see if it will stand every test. But tell me, finally, if this key is not true or complete. There is one simple principle, which, if firmly laid hold of and, if made the central creed of one’s life, will make that life truly great and blessed.
Of all the qualities that parents can instil in their children, which would you say is the most important? Several years ago the editors of a business magazine conducted a survey on what qualities it takes to be successful. Although they didn’t bother to indicate what they meant by success, the term was nevertheless construed to mean successful life. Oddly enough, the same quality surfaced among fathers, mothers, teachers, and business people alike. The one word that was mentioned above others was “integrity”.

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Children who are thought the importance of integrity never seem to lose it. It becomes part of their being –their way of doing things. More than anything else, this is simple key will guarantee success in life. Integrity is an individual’s greatest asset. It will remain when everything else is taken away. You cannot lose integrity. It will stay when your money is gone; it will be there when friends have forsaken you. Though your ideal is what you wish you were, and your reputation is what people say you are, integrity is what you are!
Thomas Macaulay, the 19th century British historian, professed, “The measure of a man’s character is what he would do if he would never be found out.” Would he be totally honest and above board with others? Would he cheat or steal?
If what is done in secret stays in secret, what would you do, how would you live? If you found a wallet stuffed with money, would you return it to the owner? Our conscience nudges us when we contemplate forsake their best friend and lifetime guide.
If the measure of an individual’s real character is determined by what he would do if he weren’t found out, the only person who is capable of judging his actions is the person himself and his God. If he can look at himself in the mirror each day and know he’s living as honestly as he can, that, too, will be reflected. The essence of his character is written on his face, and he can read between the lines. “By their fruits you shall know them.”
Integrity is what a husband wants in his wife, and she in him. Integrity is what we look for and hope to find in a doctor, a dentist, the individual who designs and builds our homes, those whom we work for as well as the people who work under us.

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It’s what we want more than anything else in a politician or an appointed official; in a judge and jury. Even the criminal respects the justice who pronounces his sentence. Integrity is the world’s most valuable quality in a service, a product, or a person. Integrity goes beyond honesty. It means facing life as it is, not as you wished it could be. Integrity means having courage to admit your mistakes. It means listening to your intuition; trusting the still, small voice within and going with the flow of your own nature. It is much more than the superficial virtues that keeps a person from cheating or stealing. The real test of the value of integrity is when it costs you money, emotion, or time to live up to it. Integrity, or the lack of it, is generally taught in the home. It is a state of mind and character that is found at the very core, and in every fibre of peak-performing men and women.

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