I read this a day ago and I knew exactly how it applied in my real life. Specifically, referring to this past year with choices I made that were really not conducive to keeping the integrity this lesson speaks about and now seeing the outcome basically staring me in the face.
Don’t you hate when life plays that kind of joke on you?
Lesson 34: Integrity
Integrity is the foundation of a successful life. When our behaviors, actions, and choices are consistent with our deepest values, we gain the courage to be ourselves, and the confidence to ask for what we need. To the extent that we haven’t cleaned up the unfinished business from our past, we will unconsciously punish ourselves by withholding the love, success, and abundance we desire.
Resolving our integrity issues makes us feel worthy enough to manifest our dreams.
Your Self-Love Assignment
This week, take some time to look back over the past two years of your life. Make a list of the relationships or situations where you haven’t acted with complete integrity. On a piece of paper, write the person’s name, with a brief description of what you did or didn’t do that left you feeling bad about yourself.
Next, close your eyes; take a couple of slow, deep breathes; and ask yourself, “What could I do to bring this situation back into balance and restore my own sense of integrity?” Could you write a letter, deliver an apology, or contribute in some way to someone in need? This action could involve the person directly, but it doesn’t have to.
Design a plan of action to restore your integrity.
Self-Love Points Earned
Give yourself 100 points for every integrity issue you resolve this week.
Credits:
Hair – Truth – Luella in Black-White Pack
Bikini – Zaara – Naisha in Gold
Closed Lids – Slink – Mesh Eyelids
Scene:
Natural Hot Tub w/ Fire Pit & Towels – Pixel Mode – TLC Garden Event
Wine Bottle – Flecha
Weeping Willow – 3D Trees
Woman Statue – Two Moon Gardens
Grass Patch – TUFF
Wooden Arbor with Ivy – Botanical
Hanging Capiz Lamp – Botanical
Plants – Narenzo Design and part of Scenes from Two Moon Gardens
Bits & Pieces of My SL 
Wow, you’ve hit this one head on. Until we clean up the past we’ll never be able to identify who we are or what we stand for.
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You’ve given me additional food for thought there!! It resonates within me.. thanks Sheri!
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So true once again. I am going to meditate on this on my break. Thanks! :** ♡♡
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Hugs Cao, this one hit me pretty hard. 🙂
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I think it is because we, well I, tuck away those memories that are painful, or where perhaps I was less than stellar, either thinking one day I will completely forget or I will perhaps face it “later.” And then I have this huge elephant sitting in the middle of the room. I think often we excuse this behavior by thinking we are so busy we don’t have time to think about it now, as well. But at some point in time you get reminded of it and the account comes due.
I hope you come to terms with what you are going through, but Alexa, I know the strength and beauty within you, the true goodness of who you are and who you are trying to become. Every once in a while you should give yourself a break too. Some things are unexplainable, we can’t change history, and they just are, and all we can do is forgive ourselves and move on. Have a low gravity Thursday! ❤
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That is normally what I do.. tuck those memories away.. though you are right, eventually they play out some way. Thanks Cao, your words are sweet and made me smile.. you are very generous in spirit. You enjoy your Thursday as well. 🙂
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