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Originally Posted by NoSoup
Sorry, I don't mean to sound fatalistic, but I believe that what most people consider "truth" isn't necessarily the simplest truth that can be found, simply the most convienient...
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Yes, yes, yes.
We tell ourselves stories to be able to live with and justify and explain away how ordinary and mundane our lives are, how far they are from the dreams we had as children. We blame our ordinariness on everything but us; we have excuses and reasons and justifications for everything. Fundamentally, that's the lie that telling the truth about will set us free.
Integrity... I define integrity as "honoring your word". Not necessarily keeping your word--because in some areas of my life, where I'm really playing full-out, I make great big promises I don't always keep my word. Having integrity has you not just push aside that you didn't keep your word--it has you tell the truth about not keeping your word, and it has you deal with the impact of that on everyone who is impacted by it. It has you honor and respect the words that come out of your mouth. It has you relate to what you say as WHO YOU ARE. Which, if you look, is pretty much how it is in life.