englishcomp essay 1 Integrity
My Troubles with Integrity. Integrity is something that is not often sought after, or thought of in present day society. Everyone has a different opinion of what integrity is, and what it entails. My personal opinion of integrity is that it means having good morals or always trying to do the right thing. A few of the morals that I think are the most important and value the most are respect, privacy, reliability, not judging others and religion. Since I have been giving a lot of thought into improving myself and my integrity, I feel like improving my morals is the best approach. But how does one go about improving their integrity if it is such a profound and unfathomable thing? It is harder to fix something if you cannot lay a hand on it. I believe that it takes a lot of soul searching and identifying your actions. Identifying what morals you value is easy; it is identifying what you do wrong that is the toughest part. Respect is a value that I take very seriously as do many others, including my parents. I was raised to always respect everyone, no matter what. I have trouble with this because I am the type of person that when I do not know anyone I am a very withdrawn and introverted to the point of when someone says hello to me I will not even respond. Also, since I live with my parents they see me in all states of mind. When I get angry I catch myself taking it out on them. I feel so bad afterwards because I know it is not really their fault. I want to be able to at least bottle my emotions enough to make sure I never hurt their feelings, so they know that I am trying to always be respectful. Also I want to learn how not to be so introverted with people so that they do not think that I am being rude. Not only is this important to my integrity, but this also might make it easier for me to meet new people and find new friends! Another value I believe is extremely important is respecting privacy. But I have a tendency not to always respect others and their