On Integrity

Integrity is the ability to be whole, complete, and your true self at all times. When you live with integrity, you don't feel the need to justify anything to anybody. It is about having the courage to hold your own space. It is about following your heart and judging from your heart space, not mind space. It is about being compassionate to yourself and the others and trusting the way Life works.

Everything in nature lives and exists with integrity. No one questions the existence of the rafflesia flower that smells of rotting flesh, or the sudden eruption of a dormant volcano, or the tree that sheds all its leaves, or the polar bear that hibernates for months on end, or a bird that makes its home by usurping another nest. That is just the way they are. Complete. Whole. True to their nature. All beautiful in their own way. The rafflesia does not dream of being or becoming a rose.

Living with integrity means to have your own yardstick for what you want to do with your life and how you want to live it. To do what you love, giving your whole self to it. To do it with love. To do it with passion. Whether you are a terrorist, a thief, a teacher or a saint. Get in touch with yourself. Be yourself. Why want to be anyone else, when everyone else is taken?