Integrity isn’t about knowledge or testimony, it is about making sure actions align with words (both internal and external). 

All success can be traced back to trust. 

If they trust you, they will do business with you. 

If they trust you, they will support you. 

If they trust you, they will hire you. 

They need to trust your integrity and your ability. 

If both are in place, you will achieve great things. 

This is true for individuals as well as organizations. 

 

When you get an injury, healing the wound is about finding the cure, then repair, and finally recovery. 

In order to heal, you don’t need to understand why someone hurt you. 

You definitely don’t need to blame who did it. 

Asking why is great when the truth helps us, most of the time when injury is concerned, the historical truth can’t and won’t help us heal. 

Just being aware that it happened allows us to take curative action in the short term, and preventative action in the long term. 

When you get bit by a snake, you don’t need to interview the the snake the get the antidote.

You don’t need to blame the snake to rest and recover once the antidote has been applied. 

And you don’t need to talk it out with the snake to prevent getting bitten again. 

Usually, those actions are ones we take for personal gratification thinking they will help us heal, when in reality it just delays the healing and ends up causing us to waste time, become a victim, and get hurt again and again. 

 

 

Understanding the needs of others is simple. 

Understanding the wants and desires of others is complex.

Justification is simple. 

Accepting responsibility is complex. 

Talk is simple. 

Taking action is complex.  

Simple starts easy and finishes hard.

Complex starts hard and finishes easy. 

Controlling our temper allows us to fulfill our potential. 

If we cannot control our temper, we will never become who we are supposed to be. 

Some people get confused,

they get lost,

and serve gold,

before they serve God. 

 

People often want to talk about things that don’t matter. 

That’s because most “things” don’t matter. 

People matter. Belief & faith matter. Love & hope matter. 

Details usually don’t matter… 

To be a good friend, it takes a good person. 

People who hurt your faith are not real or good friends. 

People who damage your faith are not real or good friends. 

People who encourage disbelief are not real or good friends. 

Real and good friends add to your faith, build your faith, and support your faith. 

People who detract from your faith are not good people. 

 

I am thankful for the good friends & family in my life. 

Everyone can and should be held accountable. 

Blame can only be applied to those responsible. 

Love is an action that creates feelings.

First, show love to feel love. 

Second, accept the actions of others as they work to show love.