Integrity. President Gordon B. Hinckley said, “Men and women
of integrity understand intrinsically that theirs is the precious right to hold
their heads in the sunlight of truth, unashamed before anyone” (Standing for Something,
29). “You and I live in a world filled
with pressure—pressure to accomplish, pressure to get ahead, pressure to
conform, pressure to be popular. And so
on. None of us are perfect. We all have flaws. How then, under repeated pressure, may we
avoid allowing small cracks in our integrity to form so that we can do what we
came her to do? How can we stay true blue—to ourselves, to others, and to our
Father and His Son?” (Shari L. Dew, True Blue, Through and Through)
As I have read about integrity this week, I have come to
realize integrity doesn’t just involve being honest with others. It is also
being honest with yourself. “True to
yourself. . . True to others. . . And true to God” (Shari L. Dew, True Blue,
Through and Through). This week I went to work thinking about my integrity and
really trying to watch the things I said and did. What do people say about me?
Do they consider me to have integrity? Do I do what I say I will do? Do I talk bad
about other coworkers? There was one situation this week where I had integrity and
was true to myself. I know I am not
perfect in my integrity, and it is something I am working on, but I was in this
situation. Having integrity is a constant process and will take time to perfect
it. We are always needing to choose each
day whether we want to be true in our integrity or not. “I know of no easy formula for success. Persist, persist, PERSIST; work, work, WORK—is
what counts in the battle of life” (Teachings of HJG, p. 36).
I want to work each day on my integrity so that when I am in
business, those tough decisions, won’t be so tough.
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