A theme in this week's readings seems to be that you can't separate who you are at work with who you are at home. If you're spending forty hours or more a week at work, then who you are at work is very much who you are a person. Your motives will come through in both aspects of your life. If you are motivated by a desire to serve God and striving to be your best self, then that will inevitably shine through in your professional life. Similarly, the opposite is true. If you are motivated by pride and selfishness, that will be what people eventually notice about you.
Sheri Dew's talk about integrity really struck a chord with me. Since I was a child, my parents have instilled in me the importance of honesty - being honest with others and with yourself. Lying always makes things worse. My parents made a point of teaching us that, so much so that when I accidentally broke my mother's sunglasses once, I was brought to tears when I told her that I had broken something I had promised to be careful with. Of course, my mother was very sweet and forgave me, but Dew's talk reminded me of just how important honesty is. Even in the little things. Even for something as small as some broken sunglasses.
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