Honesty and Integrity (HI)
Posted by: kim
on Sep 11, 2009 
I am so thankful to my wonderful parents for teaching me Honesty and Integrity. The values and morals taught to us as children give us a compassion for life and the ability to care for others. I believe that people who enjoy the outdoors have an EXTRA level of love and compassion. When our feet can crunch through leaves in a forest or we can hop rocks in a creek bed, we become engaged in the energy of Mother Nature. There is no greater therapy or medication than being in the outdoors.
In our world today, it seems we need to wear a haz-mat suit daily just to keep the negativity of unhappy people and all the goop from television off of us. I wanted to call Chick Fil A and ask if they could share their training program with the world. I am ALWAYS so impressed with their kindness of their employees...they are happy, friendly and say thank you...WOW...AND the food is usually fresh and hot!
Maybe we could all get together and go out into the world and smile and say HI (honesty and integrity) I know eventually that positive energy would spread!
Thank you Mom and Dad and My Grandparents for always being there for me!
Love you!
Kim Pezzeminti
Ed Gagnon
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... Excellent article regarding honesty and integrity. I am in total agreement, and in fact, have written a book that focuses on the importance of values in society. Below is a brief synopsis of the book. I would love to hear your opinions. Thank you. Ed The Value of Values www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/thevalueofvalues.html An individual’s values are established in childhood and serve as filters when determining right from wrong throughout the person’s life. In today’s society, the process of establishing values within children is given little concern. People place greater emphasis on day to day activities and personal ambitions, than they do on the establishment of values within their children. By default, parents are teaching their children that values such as integrity, respect for life, courage of conviction, a purposeful life and generosity, are secondary to making a living. In truth, there is nothing preventing us from being true to good and meaningful values, nor is anything preventing us from teaching our values to our children. It is a matter of priorities; a matter of choice. In the “The Value of Values” you will learn why a transition to a more values-conscious society is important. You will learn exactly what is needed from each individual and the activities that will sustain the drive. “The Value of Values” is a must read for every parent that is concerned about our society and the challenges our children will be facing. We have three possible choices: 1)Do nothing different than that which we have been doing. Complacently accept things as they are and will be. 2)Hope that someone else will make the needed changes within our society, despite the fact it has yet to be done, and no one displays the integrity needed to influence an entire society. 3)Accept our personal responsibility to our children. Accept that real change is not pa*sed down from leaders, but rather, it is driven up from the people. Accept the fact that we each have within us the ability and incentive to make things different for our children and grand children. The choice we make today will determine the society of tomorrow. |
