Nobody's right if everybody's wrong...

People often have opinions or beliefs that become challenged by events or actions: what they do in those situations can be a window on their integrity. Whether it has to do with Covid-19, an election, or life in general: if you see or hear something that’s incorrect or inappropriate, you have to do something about it. To say something, to reflect on or change your views, to alter your commitment, to admit to yourself or others that you might be wrong. There’s no shame in adjusting your thinking based on new information.  But people seem to have trouble doing that. They’re invested in choices that are hard to reverse. Whether it’s loyalty to a particular organization or leader, or to a product you’ve always used and liked: changing your view and then doing something about it can be hard. And the longer you wait, the harder it gets. It’s easy to be right; harder to be wrong and then do something about it. But if you want to respect yourself, that’s what you must do. If you want others to respect you, that’s what you must do. Without compromise. Because one of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. Easier said than done, I know. Even so: do what’s right to preserve your integrity today.

Chinua Achebe (1930 –  2013): Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic