Sorry for the delay! As previously promised, here are my thoughts regarding my core values.
Integrity speaks of uncorrupted virtue. The word comes from integer which means "wholeness." Remember those "whole numbers" in math class?
Integrity was once a hallowed value. It supplied an anchor in the stormy trials of life. John F. Kennedy once said, "we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." There was a day that a man's word was his bond. Today, I fear, that integrity has fallen on hard times. It requires a mettle that is fast fading from the marketplace.
Integrity, in my humble opinion, is the key core value. "To reach a great height a person needs to have great depth," someone once said. A shallow character will never withstand the temptations of compromise.
Henry Ward Beecher said it best when he wrote, "No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has." When one measures his worth by temporal standards, there is always the danger that "whatever it takes" will include less than honest actions or activities. Strive to be, not to have!
To make a difference in today's marketplace will require a commitment to integrity. The high road may not be the easy road, but it is always the right road. Gandhi understood this when he said, "A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble."
Always make a difference by being a person of integrity!
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