Your integrity is not what you say. It is not what you do. Your integrity is who you are. It is how you do what you do.
You can talk all you like. People don’t want to hear you. They want to see you in action. They are after what you can do, not what you can say.
People are after what you think about them, not about what you think about yourself.
Because we are too good at thinking about ourselves, but not about others.
But that is not how integrity works. Integrity is about trust. It is about respect. And it is about being you, no mattter where you are. Integrity is about taking care of yourself. It is also about treating other people with love and respect.
Above all, integrity is saying to other people, ‘trust me, I am who I am, no matter what.’
According to Iyanla Vanzant, ‘Integrity. The good in you coming out of you as a statement of who you know yourself to be. Integrity. The commitment to acting on what your heart feels and knowing your heart feels good about who you are and what you do in every situation. Integrity. The willingness to be diligent in giving your best, first to yourself and then to everyone else, knowing that every moment of contact with another being is a gift from God. Integrity. Yearning to know the truth. Seeking the truth. Learning the truth. Spreading the truth. Acting in truth for the sake of honoring truth for the good of everyone, including yourself. Integrity. Accepting all that is and choosing to live by all that honors you and honors God, without condemning the other parts. Integrity, not right or wrong.Your integrity is the power that records, rewards and restores your position in the universe of life.’
If your integrity is not strong enough to face the forces of life, what are you doing to make it stronger?
