Right Thing Definition

I live my life according to my own definition of integrity: do the right thing, no matter the circumstances and understand a situation from someone else’s point of view. One event in my life made me realize that doing things for my own personal gain is not always the right thing to do. In seventh grade I started thinking about other people with a less selfish outlook on life. One situation in particular helped me understand the importance of doing the right thing and following the golden rule, treat others how you would want to be treated.
In seventh grade, my friends and I were making the rounds at Walmart for something to do. As we made our way through the toy aisle, I noticed money on the ground and picked it up. Upon closer examination I found it to be a ten dollar bill. My youthful mind surged with all the …show more content…
I wanted to keep the money, but then I wondered how it made its way to the ground. A feeling of guilt began to take hold on me when I wondered if someone dropped the money. Most of my friends encouraged me to keep the money and one of them said, “since we found it it’s ours. If somebody is careless enough to drop money we can take it.” Another said, “it’s only ten dollars, what’s the big deal?” While I was tempted to take the money I realized something important: How would I feel if I lost that money? I knew someone might come back looking for their money they dropped. possible scenarios began to run through my head. Maybe that ten dollars was a child’s only birthday money to spend. Maybe that money was all someone had to buy food. I told my friends I was turning it in at the counter in case the person who lost