Integrity
Issue: Integrity
This article was truly reflectable. We hear of people losing their items so often, some of which are more unlucky, misplacing their valuables. How many of us can honestly raise our hands up straight without even a moment’s hesitation when asked if they would return a brand new iPhone 5S that is without a pass code found on the floor of a changing room or had the thought of picking the ripe mangoes grown outside your flat? Quoting C.S. Lewis ‘Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching’; it is an important value one should have. It is the courage to battle temptation and the test of your moral principles. Employees call in sick because they do not have any extra paid time leave left when they actually just wanted more time to rest on top of a much-needed weekend. Drivers cheat on their parking coupons for that extra few minutes allowance of walking back to their cars so as to save on another $0.50 coupon (instead of wasting it on say maybe 5 minutes). Sales promoters exaggerate and mis-sell for the sake of the commissions and to secure his job in the company. In each of these cases, the person being dishonest told themselves the end result justifies for their lack of integrity. And that is the problem in our society. Proverbs 28:6 says “Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways”. I remember reading about baseball pitcher Jeremy Affeldt a few months back. He had pointed out a $500,000 error in his favour in his 2010 contract after it was official, insisting on giving back the “unearned” money. “I can't take that money,” Affeldt said. “I won't sleep well at night knowing I took that money because every time I open my paycheck I'll know it's not right.” If this is not enough to motivate someone to try and uphold integrity in everyday life, it’s time to work on it. To me, a person without integrity would not be someone i would trust again till he proves worthy because
This article was truly reflectable. We hear of people losing their items so often, some of which are more unlucky, misplacing their valuables. How many of us can honestly raise our hands up straight without even a moment’s hesitation when asked if they would return a brand new iPhone 5S that is without a pass code found on the floor of a changing room or had the thought of picking the ripe mangoes grown outside your flat? Quoting C.S. Lewis ‘Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching’; it is an important value one should have. It is the courage to battle temptation and the test of your moral principles. Employees call in sick because they do not have any extra paid time leave left when they actually just wanted more time to rest on top of a much-needed weekend. Drivers cheat on their parking coupons for that extra few minutes allowance of walking back to their cars so as to save on another $0.50 coupon (instead of wasting it on say maybe 5 minutes). Sales promoters exaggerate and mis-sell for the sake of the commissions and to secure his job in the company. In each of these cases, the person being dishonest told themselves the end result justifies for their lack of integrity. And that is the problem in our society. Proverbs 28:6 says “Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways”. I remember reading about baseball pitcher Jeremy Affeldt a few months back. He had pointed out a $500,000 error in his favour in his 2010 contract after it was official, insisting on giving back the “unearned” money. “I can't take that money,” Affeldt said. “I won't sleep well at night knowing I took that money because every time I open my paycheck I'll know it's not right.” If this is not enough to motivate someone to try and uphold integrity in everyday life, it’s time to work on it. To me, a person without integrity would not be someone i would trust again till he proves worthy because