Integrity

Integrity.

Integrity is a powerful word.  Yes it means honesty, but it also means following through on your word.  It means having genuine concern for others.  Being able to have integrity is something that I need to continue to strive for.  It is not something that I can say that I have achieved it and then not worry about any more.  I need to keep working on developing my integrity every day.  I am either increasing or decreasing my level of integrity.  It is a fluid thing.  Having made some commitments this week will help me to maintain my integrity.  Making statements about what I will and will not do, goes a long way in helping me decide in advance what my decisions will be when confronted.  Here is the list that I have made that will help to guide me in my decisions so that I can focus on the complicated issues because the situations listed below have already been decided upon.

1.     I will never be unfaithful to my wife.

2.     I will never use drugs or alcohol.

3.     I will never intentionally harm another person.

4.     I will never cheat another person, regardless of setting.

5.     I will never steal.

6.     I will always pay my tithing.

7.     I will always be a good example to my children.

8.     I will always work hard to provide for my family.

9.     I will always work to create value in any occupation that I have.

I look forward to being able to demonstrate my integrity to others.  At times it seems very simplistic the choices that I am making, but I look at how others are struggling with the same choices and I realize that is because they have not made a decision in advance as to what they would do.