Unfaithfulness...

The important lesson i have learnt so far on this planet is not to trust people easily. I feel integrity is being honest and having strong moral principles. That it is doing the right thing in a good and reliable way. It implies strict adherence to moral conduct. it is the quality of being honest and truthful, A person who has integrity is honest and truthful in his or her ways , A person who does not have integrity is known to be a hypocrite.

Integrity is a strong and good value that is expected of everyone in the asociety. Something happened recently which kept me thinking that trust has become so rare even in the children we train to become our tomorrow's leader.

The period we are in presently is the Ramadan period (Islamic fasting period) . I knew that they broke the fast at 7pm daily and so I asked two of my neighbour's children to get me some bean cake since I craved it deeply. This bean cake is prepared and shared every evening to muslims to break their fast, by my neighbour but since I was too busy to go join them and collect some, I asked their kids to bring some to my flat.

I was very surprised when my neighbour's son came back with pap alone without the bean cake. He dropped the pap in front of my balcony without even notifying me . When I eventually met him and asked about the bean cake, he said he was only given one item and that it was finished.

When I decided to verify from his sister, I was l told that the bean cake was not ready and she left the kitchen to go watch television. I did not believe her so I pleaded with her to tell me the truth, she then told me that her brother asked her to lie to me because he wanted the bean cakes for himself.

I thought that probably people were much and that was why the children could not get some bean cakes for me. I never imagined that they would choose to trick me and lie to my face about the bean cake. I decided to patiently wait for the boy the next day so that I could get the truth ftom him.

The next morning, I callled Ayo to confirm what his sister told me and I also asked him why he decided to lie to me. He felt ashamed and he admitted telling his sister that lie . I felt very bad after his confession because he made me feel like I was a beggar who could not afford bean cakes. I warned him not to continue in such ways and rhat he should follow the path of integrity.

This boy in question is a class prefect in his school and I'm certain that he must have exhibited a level of honesty before that leadership position was given to him. I wondered what got into him. Nevertheless, I forgave him but my lesson learnt was not to trust people easily.

I am not saying there are no good ones out there. But I can never trust easily again. Trust starts with oneself Who are you when no one is there with you?

Thank you all for reading. This is my response ro the #marchinleo prompts for day 3.

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