It's All About Integrity

Regardless of one's endeavor, it's all about integrity. Webster's unabridged dictionary defines integrity as an "unimpaired or unmarred condition." It is also "an uncompromising adherence to a code of moral, artistic or other values: utter sincerity, honesty, and candor: avoidance of deception, expediency, artificiality, or shallowness of any kind." All truly successful people who are seeking to fulfill their purpose in life seek to live in integrity.

An important aspect of integrity is that we must have it toward our creator and ourselves before we can have it toward others. This requires us to periodically meditate (pray) and reflect on who we are, why we're here, and what actions we intend to take. By making a conscious effort to always remain in integrity, our decisions reflect who we are intentionally BEING. After all, "How you spend your days is how you spend your life." I recently heard this statement and it had a profound effect on me. It caused me to pause in my activities and assess my true priorities. Think about where you spend most of your time and money. This exercise will show you what you deem to be most important in your life.

Now, imagine that you have come to the end of your time on earth and are looking back at your life. Are you happy with how you spent the time you were allotted? If you are like me and rank your priorities as God, family, and job, is that reflected in your life? For too many years I woke before daylight, rushed to get ready, and drove to a job where I spent all day giving my best to make a difference. I came home too weary to give any more because it was all gone. I would crawl into bed and do it all again the next day. And I did this for YEARS!!

Meanwhile, my children grew up, my parents grew old, and my body showed signs of wear and tear. Thank heaven I woke up and saw the futility of what I was doing before my time was up!! You see, I had resigned myself to a life of mediocrity, hoping for some semblance of security. I wasn't created to live a secure life and neither was anyone else. We were created to be creative. To take risks. To dream big and achieve goals that are scary. This is the essence of being in integrity - living on purpose every single day.

Today I realized that my life is so much bigger and better than ever. I looked at my calendar and saw that today I was visiting my mother in assisted living, getting a birthday gift for our granddaughter, exercising and writing this blog. Each of these activities is a step toward my achieving some specific goals, be they personal or professional. Everything we do, in fact, is either taking us toward our goals and our purpose or it is taking us farther away from this. And the actions we take are always a choice.

When I look at my calendar for the next week I see a trip to visit Ed's mother and sister in Gainesville, Florida. We then travel farther south to visit our daughter and her family in order to celebrate Alexa's first birthday. These are the very reasons I left the job that was robbing me of so much time and energy. I feel very empowered knowing that I had the courage to make the decisions that caused this to happen. My J-O-B as a nurse kept me from our oldest grandchild's first birthday 4 1/2 years ago. Thanks to my decision to leave that job and be in integrity to myself and my purpose, I am not missing his sister's birthday.

As we made the decision to start our own business in direct sales, we first made sure the company we joined was one of integrity - that their way of operating is honest, open and focused on improving the lives of others, not just the pocketbooks of a few. We then observed the leaders and listened to them as often as we could. It was so refreshing to repeatedly hear that having integrity is a prerequisite for success. In fact, one of our good friends and mentors, John Lavenia, actually published a book entitled Integrity Is Everything.

For anyone now looking for a way to take control of their lives and future, feel free to contact us. contact us. We arevvery serious about what we do. We promise to treat everyone with the utmost honesty, always following the principles of the Golden Rule. After all, in business as in all relationships, it's all about integrity.