Talk about integrity

In daily life, integrity is nothing more than trustworthiness! However, it is difficult to find it among people in modern society. Just like yesterday, my uncle treated me to a treat and agreed to let me decide where to go for dinner. But when I told me where I wanted to go, he used various excuses and ended up going somewhere else;

The ancients said well, "When making friends, you must keep your word." This kind of dishonesty in modern society is very annoying. Those who are dishonest do it for their own interests without realizing it. Shamelessly or shamelessly discarding the most important thing between people - integrity. Imagine that words don’t count and people have no integrity. What kind of friendship can there be between people? Then why make friends?

Please remember that not being trustworthy will not only reduce others' trust in you, but will eventually make others no longer believe in you, and may even feel disgust and hatred for you, and they will no longer interact with you. The relationship will get worse and worse, and eventually you will reap the consequences and harm yourself.

Liu Ji told such a story in his famous book "Yu Ion": A wealthy businessman hit a rock and capsized his boat while crossing a river. He shouted loudly in the water: "Whoever can save me, I will save him." 100 taels of gold!" A kind-hearted fisherman took him ashore, but the rich businessman only gave him 80 taels. The fisherman accused the rich businessman of not being trustworthy, and the businessman scolded the fisherman for being too greedy. The next day, the wealthy businessman still crossed the river by boat, but unfortunately it capsized into the water again. The wealthy businessman still shouted in the water: "Whoever can save me ashore, I will give him 100 taels of gold." The fisherman who had rescued it told the people around him This rich businessman broke his promise. As a result, no one saved the rich businessman and he drowned.

From this point of view, the consequences of not being trustworthy are very serious. Moreover, China has had the excellent qualities of "a thousand pieces of gold and a pound of gold" and "since ancient times, all people have died, and the people cannot stand without faith." , can we throw away this fine tradition?

How to cultivate the character of integrity? The key is to start with "little things". For example, when you were a child, you borrowed a comic book from a friend or classmate and promised to return it tomorrow. Then you must return the book tomorrow. This is not just a comic book issue. , you may not know how happy you will be when another person who wants to borrow this book gets the book you returned on time! And how disappointed you will be when others are not trustworthy to you? Therefore, in order to have integrity, you must first be able to consider and consider others.

For the sake of respect and trust between people, let us strive to be honest people and do more honest things, so that society is full of integrity!