So, something I did today got me to thinking ... it was something, without sugarcoating it, you would call dishonest. But! I do not like to think of myself as a dishonest person ... I value honesty, truth. It's one of my basic core values (one I'd consider a universal sort of moral value) and something I consider necessary for being a person of integrity ....
So, the question is - if there's one sort of situation, or one aspect of your life, in which you do something dishonest, does make you as a whole dishonest? Could you still view yourself as a basically honest person, or a person who values honesty, but with a weakness in a certain area, a struggle? Am I an honest person who struggles with honesty in this certain aspect .... or a dishonest person troubled about not having, or truly living, a value I think I should.
Can you do something contrary to a value you purport to have/to believe in and still say you have that value, or truly value that value, in general?
Or have you really compromised your character as a whole, compromised your integrity, your authenticity, by not always being true to your values ...
Yep, the answer should be really clear to me (if I feel bothered this much, I should stop doing it!) .... but I want to see what thoughts, if any, there are on something like this. I'd say it was a great thing to discuss with T2, if I still felt free to call her, which I don't (not because she said or indicated I shouldn't, but because I just don't anymore).