I was sitting in the car waiting for Darren to come out of the gas station when a teenage girl drove up along side me. She was driving a rather beat up car and was dressed in jeans and a grungy looking coat but she had this fresh shiny face and long blonde hair which made her beautiful.

I watched as she picked up the air hose which was laying on the ground and bent down to fill her tire. She pulled a pressure gauge from her pocket and made sure the tire was filled properly.

I thought to myself “Wow. How many girls wouldn’t even know how to fill a tire and here she is doing it like a pro.”

It was cold outside and she wasn’t wearing gloves but that didn’t stop her from carefully rolling up the airhose and placing it on the holder where it belonged. She left it in better condition than she found it.

She glanced in my direction and caught me smiling at her. She smiled back. I was tempted to jump out of the car and tell her that I was proud of her for taking the extra time to roll up the hose, but appearing foolish prevented me from action.

Still, as she drove away I thought “This girl’s parents have raised her right.”

Integrity is all about what we do when we think no one’s looking. In a world where vandalism and apathy is so apparent, I got to witness integrity and it made my whole day.