live with integrity

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.

~Tecumseh

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Tecumseh (March 1768 – October 5, 1813), also known as Tecumtha or Tekamthi, was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy that opposed the United States during Tecumseh’s War and the War of 1812. He grew up in the Ohio country during the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War where he was constantly exposed to warfare.

When I think of integrity in my life…and consciously choose to commit to integrity~ I feel very strong and clear even though I do not know where I am going… I feel at peace.

Somehow comforting in itself.

I pray that your awakening comes with ease and grace, and stamina when the going gets hard. To love yourself as you are a miracle, and to seek yourself is to have found yourself, for now. And now is all we have, and love is who we are.

by Anne Lamott~ Where Do I start?

“In the Good Fight,
attacking or fleeing are part of the struggle;
being paralyzed by fear is not.
The Good Fight is the one we undertake
because our heart wants us to.”

“The first great virtue of those who seek
the spiritual path is courage.”

~ Paulo Coelho~

it just blew me away because I didn’t lie…
but I realize too, I have no obligation to prove
anything to anyone.

I hope someday this person knows the truth~
until that time,
I remain grateful.

:)

Self-Discipline
Discipline is a difficult word for most of us. It conjures up images of somebody standing over you with a stick, telling you that you’re wrong. But self-discipline is different. It’s the skill of seeing through the hollow shouting of your own impulses and piercing their secret. They have no power over you. It’s all a show, a deception. Your urges scream and bluster at you; they cajole; they coax; they threaten; but they really carry no stick at all. You give in out of habit. You give in because you never really bother to look beyond the threat. It is all empty back there. There is only one way to learn this lesson, though. The words on this page won’t do it. But look within and watch the stuff coming up-restlessness, anxiety, impatience, pain—just watch it come up and don’t get involved. Much to your surprise, it will simply go away. It rises, it passes away. As simple as that. There is another word for self-discipline. It is patience.

—Henepola Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English

YES! Live with INTEGRITY~ AMEN!