Integrity and inconvenience

There are occasions where I will literally turn around and go back to do what I know is right. Times when I course-correct after having ignored an opportunity to do good.

To pick up a piece of trash. To help someone who is silently asking. To let someone know there’s a problem they might not see.

We’re faced with these moments all the time. Do I go about my day, or do I pause to help, despite the inconvenience?

I don’t always choose the noble path, but I’ve learned: the full feeling of having acted with integrity — even if we’re not acknowledged or thanked — almost always mutes the thoughts of inconvenience.