Have you ever given a car a love tap while parking? You measure the distance, you measured your ability then you went for it. BAM, you lightly tap the other car. You realize your depth perception is a little off; you begin to question your driving abilities and your driving instructor’s life decisions. I love tapped a vehicle in the Outback parking lot, a sweet innocent little white minivan. After hitting this minivan I sat there in my car wondering what to do next. I didn’t see a scratch so I backed out of the spot and parked across the parking lot. I remember that moment all the time because you know what that moment lacked? Integrity. If you answered YES to love tapping a vehicle (I know I’m not the only one who has, I’ve seen some of yall drive) what did you do next? Hide and avoid possible consequences or did you leave a note.
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE NOTE, THE NOTE OF INTEGRITY. In the dictionary integrity is defined as,
“the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. (Have you ever heard of the word “uprightness”? yea me either). Anyways, integrity is about DOING THE RIGHT THING WHEN NOBODY IS LOOKING.
DOES YOUR LIFE INCLUDE THE NOTE OF INTEGRITY OR DO YOU PARK ACROSS THE PARKING LOT?
I like results and fast results, most of us do. We avoid anything that takes up our time or could put us in a situation where we don’t come out on top. We SAFE SHIELD OUR LIFE BECAUSE IT THROWS US OFF OUR TRACK. We have a one track mind; get to point A to point B as fast and easy as possible. A lot of times integrity involves us having to get off our track or having us go to point C. INTEGRITY ISNT EASY BUT IT IS WORTH IT. Sometimes in order to get ahead we have to take a step in a direction we did not plan. I didn’t plan to hit that car, it would have taken time and money if I left a note plus nobody was watching right? WRONG, God is watching us. We are always given the opportunity to do the right thing its whether or not we take it. Hiding across the parking lot only hurts us, in the end it’s a farther walk. I went from a parking spot up close to one in the dark all the way in the back of the lot. INTEGRITY WILL NEVER HURT YOU BUT GROW YOU.
ALWAYS LEAVE THE NOTE.