tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353849329887714181.post1875653183261216765..comments2023-07-08T09:52:20.396-04:00Comments on My This N That Life: IntegrityElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07089403708941867296noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353849329887714181.post-11644307487707754932011-02-25T10:24:25.199-05:002011-02-25T10:24:25.199-05:00I am blog hopping today and decided to stop by you...I am blog hopping today and decided to stop by your blog.<br /><br />Please stop by both of my blogs (and follow if you are not already):<br /><br />Jessicas Lil Corner is my family blog at http://jessicaslilcorner.blogspot.com<br /><br />So Stylilized is where I am currently offering FREE Custom Blog Designs at http://sostylilized.blogspot.comHello Jessica Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00900949368767934243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353849329887714181.post-64753193934380984422011-02-23T12:31:17.538-05:002011-02-23T12:31:17.538-05:00I get what you are saying. Nothing justifies crud...I get what you are saying. Nothing justifies cruddy behaviour in any setting. Remind me of the notion that you can't really love without letting go of your hate for another. Opposites cannot live within one heart.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08485646970090858379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353849329887714181.post-9804982148265245052011-02-23T11:54:25.278-05:002011-02-23T11:54:25.278-05:00Lisa! Welcome back! I just bopped over to your b...Lisa! Welcome back! I just bopped over to your blog and saw that your baby is here! I'd been checking diligently and she hadn't come...and I didn't want to accidentally say something like, "What, no baby yet?" so I decided to step away until I was sure. She's beautiful! I loved reading your "story" too.<br /><br />I think that you are sort of getting at what I am saying, here. Integrity is defined as "adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty." Am I saying you don't take on different roles? Absolutely not! You might be professional when you're at work, silly when you're with your kids, reserved when you're out with friends...<br /><br />But all that doesn't matter. Those are not characteristics of being a "different" person. Those can be characteristics of the same personality, just in different settings. That's normal...that's fine.<br /><br />What I don't like is the notion that we can justify, or legitimize, having two entirely separate lives...that we can say and do and be two entirely different people. That we can have our "work values" and our "home values," our "work speech" and "home speech," etc. <br /><br />I don't think we really CAN totally compartmentalize it that way, even if we want to...but it pains me that we would even try!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07089403708941867296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353849329887714181.post-25486897525351628822011-02-22T17:45:26.284-05:002011-02-22T17:45:26.284-05:00It sounds like what you are after is a certain amo...It sounds like what you are after is a certain amount of genuine. I would agree that you shouldn't act like your values are something you can take off like a coat when you are at work. I think you can have differences between your public self and private self, though, without sacrificing authencity. <br /><br />The you at work is often not the you of the weekends. Even when your core self remains the same, who people perceive you to be, and how they would describe you, will always be influenced by the circumstances under which they met you, whether that be in the professional world, at the playground with your kids, or at a bar on the weekend.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08485646970090858379noreply@blogger.com