live with integrity

“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~

They’ve broken their word. They ignored my kind reminders of what they owe me. I lost money.

They don’t care about what would our peers think of them. They’ve gained from my loss. Not fair, isn’t it?

I’ve tried to be more patient but this time they’re outrightly avoiding me.

I am not afraid because I knew that one day they are going to need my help and I won’t lift a finger for them. Tables turn.

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.

:)

I am begining to understand who I am and what I want to be. I want to live with integrity. Other don’t know what wall I’m standing on, so some will never understand. I’m on that wall of making people better. Some of the actions will upset you because of many things. Some are as follows: you’re not ready for change, you don’t want to be better, you stuck in your interest of race/gender, you love being who you are and many more.

It doesn’t matter though. I want to live a life where I can be an example.

im going to speak my mind a little more, annd speak with conviction.
Im usually ever so painfully shy.if somthing doesnt seem right im not just goin to tiptoe around the issue anymore im going to do whats right.I have a voice,i will be heard.If nobody is watching me or keeping tabs on me,i will still do my best to be a good person.I will not condition myself to others’expecttion of me and i will act on my own instinct.Im going to honour my own views and opinions and treat othrs with mutual respect,i wont let others beliefs overshadow my own actins and i will amtemt to be true to myself every day
the person i am at the moment is a the result of the choices i have made,and actions i have taken in the past.
i can choose how i carry myself and how i respond to any given situation,and i will remind myself of that next time an uncomfetable situation arises.In time we will all blossom to be the perfect representation of our own hearts nature

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

aghhh…so difficult. this sounds so ideal but it’s very difficult to follow through with what you believe to be right when the circumstance makes it easy to just do what is against your better judgement. i’m so used to comprimising in this area that it feels counter-intuitive to live with integrity.

YES! Live with INTEGRITY~ AMEN!

Every day.

every day.