Adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty. - Dictionary.com definition
The ability to do what is right is a talent that has been given to each one of us. The difficulty sometimes for us is recognizing what is right and what is wrong. The old adage of "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" is a great guide line for this power inside of us known as integrity. Also, do unto yourself as you would others do unto you!
Integrity does not simply start with only being honest with others, yet telling yourself the truth. And this is where the difficulty of knowing right or wrong comes from. Each one of have the ability to feel and have feelings. By recognizing our feelings we can act upon integrity with ourselves in which we can then treat others as we are treating ourselves and as we would have others treat us. Yet if we cannot accomplish the task of being authentic with our self, we will never achieve being fully honest with those around us.
As we apply integrity in our own life, it opens the windows of knowledge and allows it to pour down on us from the clouds of understanding and simple joy. We can build our true happiness on a higher plain that need not, nor can be explained to another individual. Trying to explain in words a higher way of living is next to impossible. It is only something that can be lived and felt. And feeling can only happen when action takes place. We must trust in principle and truth.
The B Side To The Truth is most of us live life only partially in integrity. We treat people well for the most part, yet we can treat them better. And the way we start treating others better is by treating ourselves better! If we don't respect ourselves on a higher level, why would we respect others on a higher level?
Colton - discover your true'ness'
No comments:
Post a Comment