Be of Integrity

“Integrity is doing the right thing when no one is watching”

This phrase has been very much on my mind in the last week or two.

Right now we all (yes, me too) face some frustration as we remain at home, dutifully following lockdown rules day after day, week after week.

Today I’d like to focus on integrity, looking at the importance of what we do, then also, beyond that, the importance of why we do it.

“I’d be ‘sneaking out’ (responsibly) by now”

Someone said this to me over the last week. I had shared my mild frustration at being in solo isolation for so long. Today is, in fact, exactly two months since that started.

Whilst I was surprised to see them text these words, I do understand. As time passes, I see more and more people rationalising to themselves breaking the rules in ways small and large.

It does feel hard for all of us to be separated from the people we’d most love to be with. Could I rationalise meeting up? I mean, we’ve all been super careful, isolated from others. Hey, what harm could it do?

I saw this play out in front of me about a week ago. A few days beforehand the UK Government first leaked that they were considering allowing households to “mix”, then the next day said they were not going to…