Prosperity Through Impeccable Integrity
Do Others Say “Impeccable” Or “Integrity” Speaking Of You?
One of the things I do regularly in my creative process is write down random thoughts, sometimes rambling thoughts, on various subjects that interest me or spontaneously pop into my head. And, to be honest, sometimes when I revisit these weeks or even months later I wonder what the hell I was talking about at the time–though usually I figure it out, and this figuring it out is one of my most productive intellectual exercises. I continue to believe that our brains are really very much like muscles and need to be exercised regularly to work their magic.
So here’s a recent paragraph I wrote:
integrity..consistency of values, actions, principles…a coherent synergy of the whole of one’s being. Together with impeccable…
which means having no flaws…A double “I” power behind one’s quest for prosperity….I am walking my talk, having a consistency between what I say and what I do…in other words, I walk my talk…and I do it flawlessly, or impeccably…without equivocation, or ambiguity, or hesitation, or inconsistency.
It seems obvious to me that I must have looked up a dictionary definition of “integrity” before writing the above, but it’s a word and concept that has always appealed to me. Originally, when first used back in the 14th Century, the word described adherence to a code of values, especially a code of moral or artistic values. In modern times, it is often used as a simple synonym for honesty. But I have always felt it is so much more than that. For me, it’s about personal synergy–all the parts of yourself coming together in one unified whole. Someone who walks his or her talk is the epitome of integrity in this sense of the word. The Merriam-Webster dictionary says integrity is: “The quality or state of being complete or undivided.”
Wikipedia says integrity is: “A concept of consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations and outcomes.” By this definition, integrity could very well be considered the opposite of hypocrisy. And I still like my own definition:
A coherent synergy of the whole of one’s being.

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