Integrate Integrity

Integrate Integrity I am learning to lead by example, what does that mean to me? It has to encompass integrating integrity. For what I admire in others, I need to internalize. I want to feel no shame when I see myself through God’s eyes. I was raised to recognize wrong and right. I justified my actions through lies and deceit. At the end it was my own suffering that made me realize, I had to admit defeat. Along my descent I lost my integrity. I was aghast at what had become acceptable to me. I crossed many lines and thought I did not need to have any boundaries. My lack of integrity, helped to bring me to my knees. I did many things I said I would never do. The most devastating lie I told, was not the lies I told you. It was the lies I told myself that was once what I came to believe; Until I was granted a reprieve. In spite of the things I did to others and to me. I must incorporate into my spirit, the definition of integrity: adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty. Integrity has to be imbedded into the very soul of me. I thought I could make up and live by my own set of rules. I thought I was the captain of the ship, but realize I was just a passenger on a ship of fools. No longer do I choose to build spiritual or emotional prisons. When I did not practice integrity based decisions. I heightened and strengthened the prison walls with my own guilt and shame. Blaming others, because I refused to take the blame. Until all that I could see; Was my lack of integrity. I willingly compromised my very soul. There is no wonder why, I could not feel whole. Today I am setting a goal that I must practice everyday. Integrating integrity into my life; is the only way. That I will live a life full of joy and serenity. It is time to live my life fueled by the integration of spiritual and moral integrity. Written by Greg Sykes June 20, 2011