as you grow up and life bombards you with puzzling questions, deepening thoughts and complicated relationships, i find myself at times overwhelmed with so much. so much to think through, so much to feel out.
I find so often, people act out of feeling rather than logic. they let their imaginations take over, take them to a different place; a scary or dreamy place. a place where reality cannot intrude with it's awakening powers. In this time of thinking about life's complexity, i wonder where the simplicity has gone.
as adults, we over-think, over-analyze to the point of neuroses. we think to all extents- we take into account all the what if's, and possibilities our imaginations can muster up. we mix our logic with our imagination, and pretty soon; we don't know which is which.
the other day, i was thinking through these questions, thoughts and relationships and something hit me. nothing new to me- but something so simple. a value that says so little, but says it all. a value that weighs heavily upon me and one i realized has been the backbone for so many things throughout my entire lifetime.
you know, the golden rule. the rule that says, "treat others as you'd like to be treated".
there will always be unanswered questions i have, and mysteries that will remain. relationships will still be complicated. None of these things i can control past a certain point. it's not even about controlling those things; it is about treating other people and things as i would want to be treated. I can control myself, my tongue, my actions and i will not use them to hurt or destroy another human being. I will not give in to my imagination, but live in reality. I will not retaliate, but be above reproach.
this is what integrity looks like to me. Having integrity with yourself, and having integrity with others.
Stay up, Stay Golden
love you all
