high moral ground...

every now and then i see people resort to "high moral grounds"...closer observation reveals their emergence in a desperate need to mask oneself much more for obvious lack of integrity in everyday nuances...an observance, nay a judgement...as with everything else morality concepts seem to have become convenient props...to enable us face our lack of integrity in life...i have seen spouses lie to each other quite unabashedly, i have been witness to manipulative behaviours....with near and dear ones..and all this being "love"....morality, to me , can never remain isolated from integrity....something that seems conspicuous in its absence when one pauses to observe...