In this day it is a very rare commodity. You either have it or you don't. Like the proverbial difference between good and evil, I believe that a person is either born with or without it and either genetically inherits this trait or brings it into this world with them from whatever existence that they may have come from before being born.
Integrity is an admirable and magnetic trait that people are drawn to. People with truly high integrity are usually successful in whatever life endeavor that they may choose and usually follow careers that allow them the opportunity to help others and make a difference in people's lives, such as teachers, medical professionals, soldiers or coaches.
I recently had a conversation with a friend who had recently been touched by a chance encounter with a retired Navy Seal where he had an hour long conversation about the nobility of the man's profession and the fact that he had devoted his life to being a real life hero.
Heroes come in many different forms, and all are men of high integrity. This friend of whom I speak has been instrumental in sending literally hundreds of boys on to play baseball at the college level, while gaining access to a high level of education as well as turning many boys into successful, confident men of integrity and continues to do so on a daily basis.
If that is not the definition of a real life American hero, then I don't know what is.
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