LIAR, LIAR…PANTS ON FIRE!

Integrity is much more than being honest.   

Integrity deals with consistency;

It’s not only about telling the truth in front of people,

but whether we remain consistently truthful 

even when nobody is listening.

You’re probably familiar with the “little white lie (LWL)”.  Most of us have used this tactic at one time or another and largely because we didn’t want to hurt someone’s feelings…or so we told ourselves.

 If we lose our honor, we lose our self

We ARE our word and a half-truth is still a whole lie.

Those in our circle won’t be upset that we lied to them, but that they can no longer believe us.  

OUCH!

 

When I finally made a commitment (to myself) that I would no longer take the easy way out by telling the LWL, I began to notice how many people still relied upon it.  It was everywhere; in fact, it was so prevalent that when I bucked up and told the truth, I got looked at as though I had three heads!   

OUCH!

The truth is nothing to fear.  We can chose to follow our inner compass and make a commitment to go beyond where we have ever been.  

The Five Levels of Truth-Telling: 

First, you tell the truth to yourself about yourself.

Then you tell the truth to yourself about another.

At the third level, you tell the truth about yourself to another.

Then you tell your truth about another to that other.

And finally, you tell the truth to everyone about everything.

~  Neale Donald Walsch Conversations with God (Book 2)