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Dec 21, 2006
"The challenge of integrity -- or integral vision, which literally means "seeing" or "holding" the whole -- is to balance this very natural allegiance to the part ("partisan") with an allegiance to what it is but a part of." --Mark Gerzon
Teen Returns $24,000 Found in Theater
Imagine stumbling upon $24,000 in cash. What would you do with the money? The untraceable wad of $100 bills, rubber-banded together inside a zippered bank pouch, tumbled unnoticed from the purse of RoseMarie Limoncelli, a business owner, as she sat in a theater with her 8 year-old daughter. On the way home, she realized what had happened. "My heart stopped," she said. "My whole body was shaking." While cleaning between seats, Christopher Montgomery, 19, found the money, and upon examining the cash, acted with true integrity: he handed the pouch over to his manager. Every dollar. "I was shocked," Limoncelli said. "It's so commendable to see a teenager do something so wonderful for someone else."
BE THE CHANGE
Is there a situation in which you tend to have an allegiance to the part? The next time you are in that situation, make an effort toward "holding" the whole.
