Values are personal qualities that each individual should poses in order to live harmouniously with others in a community.One important value that I believe is essential in our day to day interaction with others is honesty.In essence,honesty is always circumstance,and upholding integrity even when challenged on otherwise. When we were young we were taught by our parents or other older family members to always speak the truth.We were punish If we were caught telling lies.As we grew older,always speaking the truth seemed more difficult or complicated as we face varying circumstances.Nonetheless,the fact that we were explicty taught to constantly speak the truth since young tell us that honesty is a highly-valued quality in our community. I remembered witnessing an incident in December last year during the school holidays,which involves ,y younger brother and two of his classmates.My younger brother,Austin,had invited his friend home to complete a Geography project together.Acter a tiresome hour working on their project,hhe boys decided to take a break and played mini-soccer in our living room .in their fervent excitement,Austin kicked the ball towards the ceiling fan!The fan came down with a loud crash,breaking into thousand tiny metal pieces.The boys stood rooted to the ground,frightened of their wits..My mother rushed out the kitchen and saw the mess.Her eyes widened in disbelief "Who did this?"she demanded in a loud booming voice Austin shifted his hand on the spot.I saw that he hesitated ,probably contemplating to speak plainly or not,Afterwhat seems like an eternity,Austin relayed to our mother what had happened truthfully.I was rather surprised by my brother's honesty,yet proud of him for speaking up despite the impending punishment that awaited him. Honesty also means to uphold integrity especially when challenged to do otherwise.Sometimes,we may be tempted to lie or cheat in particular situation when we may reap certain benefit