Friday, July 3, 2009

Integrity?


Integrity may be seen as the quality of having a sense of honesty and truthfulness in regard to the motivations for one’s actions.


I can’t say it strongly enough, that one of the foundations of happiness is integrity.

But just what is integrity?

Is it being honest? Yes, sort of.
Is it being good? Yes, most of the time.
Is it being spiritual? Yes, in a way.

In fact, integrity is when your values and your actions are the same.

Almost everyone has at least some integrity, and almost nobody has complete integrity. The closer our beliefs and actions are aligned, the more integrity we have – and the happier we are.

It’s worth taking a look at your life and seeing where your actions might not quite live up to your ideals. Look for ways to change your actions so that they are better aligned.

1 comment:

Ardi said...

Spot on. It's amazing how older you get, how more important integrity becomes and how people also tend to question whether their actions have integrity. [Namhost]