Bright Energy

How bright is your energy?

An energy that resembles a bright light offers

            A bubbly personality, that seems to flow with joy, excitement and enthusiasm for living.

Lights up a room, with lightheartedness and optimism

            Shares openly and honestly, with others eagerly gathering around

Such a light is not turned on, as if by a mysterious switch,

But through living a life of integrity and doing what is right…

Honoring core values

            Expressing emotions

Practicing faithfulness

           When your light is bright, your life is filled with joy and ease.

Heart vs. Ego

The Heart vs. The Ego. The two do battle, each one desiring dominance over your life. The Ego speaks to you of a longing for something more...more love, more passion, more joy. It comes from an emptiness within and a strong desire to be fulfilled. It leads you to believe that you are a failure, you do not know what you are doing, or you are to blame. It provides you with the illlusion of what can be, while sabotaging you in your life. The Ego is responsible for vioations of integrity including thievery, and extramarital affairs. The Ego tells you that what you are doing is right, even if when it is wrong.

The heart speaks to you of the desire to love and be loved. It is afraid of being hurt and of hurting those that you love. It does not want to be broken. It wants and fears genuine closeness, the ability for others to know you and still love you.  The heart does not always communicate in words. Sometimes it communicates in actions. The heart yearns not for fulfillment, but for a love that never ends.

The Heart vs. Ego, Love vs. Illusion 

What is integrity?

Integrity is when who you are on the inside (your character) is congruent to your actions and the way that you live your life. There are obvious, as well as subtle violations of integrity. The obvious violations of integrity are those that are often avoided, while the subtle violations of integrity are more common.

                                          Integrity is:

being honest

arriving on time

honoring your word

keeping your commitments

telling a cashier that she miscounted your change

following through on your promises

meeting your financial responsibilities

being where you said you would be

paying your parking tickets

leaving tasks unfinished

The Universe rewards a person of good integrity. To live in your integrity is to do what is right, regardless of how difficult or inconvenient. Integrity is the ability to live your life as if someone from above could look down at how you are behaving,

and you feel proud of what they see.

Integrity directs your course in life.

Do you walk your talk?

To walk your talk is to have your actions match your words. If you are a parent, a friend, a counselor, a nurse, or anyone else that serves as an authority, you have the option to walk your talk. That is, if you advise others in a way that hopes to benefit their lives, and yet do not follow your own advice, you do not walk your talk. If the standards you hold others to, is different than your own standards, you do not walk your talk. No one is immune from the pain and disappointment of life. Yet we all have the options to confront or avoid. Those who walk their talk are honest about their experience and their feelings, and take full responsibility for addressing the issue. No one said it is easy to be honest, only necessary if you want to earn the respect of others. Learn to live your life from a place of honesty and integrity. If you said that you would do  it, do it. Keep your promises and commitments. Walk your talk.

Betrayal and hurt

I know that betrayal is not something we ever want to even think about, no less have to experience in our lives. But it does happen, and it leaves a devastating aftermath. Sadly, betrayal is a powerful feeling that results from another person(s) violating you on an emotional, physical or sexual level. It can come out of nowhere and take a longstanding marriage down to its knees. When betrayal occurs in a marital relationship, all the trust that existed for years is destroyed, and much time and patience is needed to restore the trust. Many people never restore the trust and only project it onto future relationships. Children of parents who have betrayed one another, tend to betray their spouses or be betrayed by their spouses.  The legacy of mistrust and betrayal continues.

Each one of us must learn to live with integrity, to honor our commitments, to heal our emotions, to take responsibility for ourselves and to walk the path of truth and honesty. Integrity is doing what is right regardless of  how difficult or inconvenient it is. Spirit rewards integrity.