Integrity

Integrity is a quality a lot of people lack of. A lot of people possess this quality, which doesn't seem to hurt them or cause them any sort of loss or restriction. Then again maybe a lot of people don't understand what integrity is. Integrity is basically the quality of remaining true to yourself, acting according to what you believe, what you consider right, what you say. It's not about keeping your threats, or keeping all the promises you make - as we all know that sometimes keeping some promises prove to be hard and you must back off on your own word to avoid hurt or a serious loss - but about being consequent.

Of all values I know, Integrity might be the easiest to keep. You may find it hard to keep honest, specially when you feel compelled to keep quiet about something, because I choose to protect someone, or even feel compelled to tell a little lie for the same reason, thus finding it hard to remain sincere. You may find it hard to remain loving when something or someone wakes the beast of hatred in your heart, or remain quiet, peaceful when you are pulled up in defensive stand. But what could really compel you to abandon yourself, betray yourself and be openly hypocritical? I'm not talking here about a breech of honesty when you mask the fact that you might not have the "expected" sexual orientation, or profess the preferred religion, maybe having been born in the preferred race, ethnic group or part of society. I'm talking about the bahavior where you bitch about someone doing something you do, or publicly bitching about someone only to be nice, friendly and lovey-dovey with said person.

Integrity is putting your money where your mouth is. If you say that laying is bad, then start by avoiding lying. If you say people should be honest, then start by being honest. If you say that people should be tolerant, then start by being tolerant. It's not hard, just be consequent, and think before judging others or mocking them.

Integrity isn't a virtue in ways of extintion, a lot of people naturally follow integrity, they don't even think about it, it's just natural for them to be consequent, but others... others lie to themselves, thinking that speaking and judging, and thus pretending is enough to be in the eyes of others. However we see though them. Why can't they see that? Are they also obscuring us from themselves as they try to obscure themselves from us?