INTEGRATE - To combine parts so they become whole.
DISINTEGRATE - To weaken by coming apart.
INTEGRITY - TO COMBINE MY ACTIONS & MY WORDS SO THEY BECOME THE SAME
DISINTEGRATE - WHEN I LACK INTEGRITY, MY LIFE WEAKENS OR COMES APART.
... when I say or do things I either don't believe in or care for but I go through such motions because it buys me a means to an often subconscious selfish gain (saving of face, avoiding responsibility, etc.). For instance; If I tell someone that I will do something so that they will not get upset with or think poorly of me and then I carry around resentment because I never really wanted to do it in the first place, but I lacked the courage to just be honest. This is an example of lying to myself and others, and the inevitable resentment or victimization I carry around weakens my power strips me of my FREEDOM and my PEACE.
I have found that my life will almost always disintegrate when I lie ... to myself or others ... no matter the 'honorable good' behind my lies. It will all eventually come apart. I have to let go of my control over every situation, get REAL about what I want, what I can do, what I won't do, what I feel anxiety about, etc. My desire to control other's perceptions of me, outcomes, reactions, responses, other's happiness or their lack of it; I have to let go of all that I hold onto to find my heart. (<--- that's a link peeps, CLICK ON IT) It is within the confines of my heart that my truth exists. When I deny my truth it ALWAYS seeps out ... it seeps out sometimes in resentment or tears, manipulation or passive-aggressiveness, sarcasm or stress, depression or anxiety - it always finds a way - the heart ALWAYS overrides the head with physical reactions of one form or another.
Today I challenge you to be HONEST in all that you say and do ... to bring INTEGRITY into your life, which ultimately brings tranquility, peace, freedom & contentment.
LIVE FOR TRUTH, CREATE INTEGRITY.
Love you,
Alli
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