Integral Integrity?

Webster's dictionary describes integrity as, "fidelity to moral principles; honesty." It essentially has its ties in honor, which is the idea that there is fidelity tied to principles or obligations, or being noble, upright and truthful. So again, its based in honesty.In high school history all of our assignments had to be completed with a complete honor pledge on them, stating that by us signing it we we had done our own work and had not cheated--our signature was a symbol of our honor. And that meant something. I guess I've just assumed that most people have a high level of personal integrity, at least the people that I know, but have recently discovered there to be many who view integrity or honesty as optional qualities that should only present themselves in those situations of personal betterment, and that is not integrity at all. But what is someone if they have no integrity? How do they have any self-worth if they prove countless times that they do not have personal standards of self? It's downright pathetic; a person is worth very little to others if they have not integrity. They are a shell, a body for actions and not for compassion, they are the ability to speak but not communicate, the mind to think but not to feel; a cold and hopeless form. I pray I may always retain my integrity--I may lose my temper, may regret many things, but yet I still may have my honor, for I was honest about it all. And for me, that makes me ok. What about you? Have you your honor, or do you think that an ancient relic of another time when "my name is my honor" meant something? If your name--your word, your signature, whatever you like--if that is not held to your own standard, what are you held by? Nothing. You are full of nothing if you are not secure in that.