Integrity, seems to be something we are losing in our quest for mere 'happiness'. i found this quote from Einstein and thought I would share,,,


The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance, and even our very existence depends on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to our lives.

I thought of integrity when I read the Yahoo headline about Whitney Houston being snubbed. This woman came through so much and pulled herself together,,I wonder the type of person that would publically humiliate her that way and sleep well at night.

Your generation created greed, our generation can only do so much to alleviate the problems created by generations before us.

Don't lay it all on us or we simply won't fix the issue and let it soak in the depravity your generation created.

Integrity is to live your own truth...whatever that is for each of us, including what morals or standards we set for ourselves. If morals are involved with integrity it would be to choose those that are yours and to live by them. For each of us to practice what we preach...so to speak.

in a way i agree...generation x are without a moral compass and they can care less about how they treat their own generation, much less others...its a wasted generation

That is a giant sweeping generalization..sad you feel that way about so many.

disagree, lots of kids from generation x are moral and upstanding
true.. the video game generation, can be more selfish and think it
is their right.. but with good parents and a strong family/community
and hopefully religious background...
most will come out of it...as they age and have their own children

I remember when men wore their hair down to their butts
and the 50 generation thought my generation was all going to hell
now, they are doctors/lawyers/ business men and women making the decisions of this country...

no, I would not wipe them off yet, just wish they would see more of the big picture of the U.S. and all the struggles we have fought for
our amendment freedoms to piss them all away, for believing that
obama is going to save this country from themselves...
its a CON and they just do not see it,

oh well... almost 50, just a few more decades to go and I am out
I am sure the x generation will take it where it needs to go for them
well.. hopefully they will...

my opinion only
usakindatheart

Your generation created it...

Can I get a definition of gen-x...seriously, what age group are we referring to as gen xer's?

My age group...

Created greed? I don't know about your parents and what they ingrained in you, but I do know that lots in your generation expects everything to be handed to them and not have to work for anything...just so they can post it on myfacespacebook. Cause isn't that what's important? To be filmed doing stupid things and have their 15 minutes of fame. I mean you're nobody or praised unless you have a sex tape right? So many broken condoms, such a shame. Priorities and all.



LOL He's in your generation. So it's everyone's fault and nobody should take responsibility for their own actions? Yes lets blame everybody else.

If that is the case then all of my sons fit...perhaps not the youngest as he is still a teen (i don't know) so I will have to pipe up here and say that age group is also most of my friends...
Where is the idea coming from that this is a f**ed up group? Some of my favorite people are in this age group and that isn't including my sons.
This is the second thread with reference to this age group..sounds to me there are some who are a bit narrow minded and need to expand their circle of friends.

The one who made the comment of a 'wasted generation" ...I looked and is also

in the age group..

Integrity isn't an age issue, it's about character. It's who you are, what's important to you, how you CHOOSE to act when faced with situations that show who you REALLY are.

There are people from all generations that step up, and those who do not. Young or old, integrity is about being the person you were born to be, and really has nothing to do with the year you were born....

JMO!

One of my most favourite albums in my youth was the first album by Emerson Lake and Palmer, and the song "Pebble" in particular. In it was this line: "You and I... are yesterday's answer."

I find it funny that while all previous generations built and worked for the future, and everyone always strived to make it a better place for the next generation and the coming ones, our generation, my generation, is the only one who puts the onus on the upcoming generations X and Y to come up for solution for the problems we ignored or did not even see coming.

Bingo my good sir, bingo.

Hi, IM back,, interesting posts so far, especially the immediate tie in to generation, which I didnt even mention in my OP. I tend to not be a supremacist or feel better than anyone so most often I will use the term 'we' when I talk of general social issues,,we all play a part either as problem solvers or problem makers,,,my interest is not in divisiveness but unity. I feel,when I speak of integrity or lack of, that it is a CULTURAL phenomenon affecting all ages.

The only cutural issue is that we cannot unite, for various reasons...mainly related to political agenda. One side wants war while the other side wants peace, one side wants to "free" other countries while the other side just wants to "right" the "wrongs" of the past.

We can't unite because of diversity, a good thing regardless of opinion. However, if one side does indeed have the full intention of uniting both sides they have to bring the issue forth in a way that both sides will see clearly. This isn't so much a lack of integrity as it is simply laid down as lack of proper communication. We have so many secrets ranging from multiple different aspects of our society...it simply will not happen any time soon.

20-40 years of bad decisions cannot simply be alleviated by 10 years worth of good decisions. One right does not negate the dozens of wrongs. Give it time, and hope that it doesn't kill us.

What was this Whitney Houston snub? I googled it and the only snub i read about was the fact she never got a grammy nomination.

Maybe we just differ on what we think of the meaning of integrity.

That's what I'm thinking, if they didn't think she deserved it, I fail to see what integrity has to do with anything.

Whitney Houston gets snubbed by the music industry,,It was the first thing I saw on the yahoo messenger box when I opened it up,,probably me and millions of others. I felt it was kind of tacky and lacked any integrity or sense of decency,,

Cuban missile crisis, Russian nuclear threat, first Iraq war, even Veitnam. Financial circus that arose from excessive spending in the 80's and continued spending well into the 90's (slightly alleviated by then President Bill Clinton), buying and selling with oversea countries and companies that started in the early 80's and continues still today. The health issues that arose from numerous threats being allowed into our own food supply that well tapped the health services requiring a complete overhaul with the current adminstration and well should have been overhauled with Bush, poverty at an all-time high due to jobs finding more secure areas to produce their goods (overseas) this started in the early 90's and continues today.

Laugh at me all you want, I don't care if this country burns...I hope for it.