A Lily Among the Thorns
The Torah repeats Rivkah's family background to praise her for growing up righteous among the wicked.
When the Torah tells of Yitzchak's marriage, it calls Rivkah the daughter of Besuel the Arami, of Padan Aram, the sister of Lavan the Arami. The reader knows all this already. Rashi, following the Midrash, explains that the verse repeats it to praise her. Her father was a deceiver, her brother was a deceiver, and the people of her place were the same, yet this tzaddeket came out of their midst untouched by their ways. The Midrash applies to her the words of Shir HaShirim, like a lily among the thorns. Rivkah did not wait for good surroundings in order to be good. She brought her goodness with her into the house of Avraham.
Source: Bereishis Rabbah 63:4; Rashi on Bereishis 25:20 (on Shir HaShirim 2:2)
You may spend your days in an office, a class or a building where honesty and kindness are not the norm. Rivkah teaches that this does not have to shape you. Choose one habit you will keep there this week no matter what others do: refusing to join gossip, telling the truth about a mistake, or greeting the person everyone ignores. Hold to it quietly, without lecturing anyone. A lily does not argue with the thorns; it simply stays a lily.