Integrity and tough times

Living our ideals is relatively easy when things are going well. Remembering, let alone living, our ideals in tough times can be a completely different matter.

I find myself remembering and hanging onto a quote I heard decades ago: “When things go bad, don’t you go bad.” I’m facing some significant challenges and am watching to see if I have the courage of my convictions. When I get so far as to see the situation in this way there’s no choice but to stick to my ideals, to have integrity with what I know to be true.

This is an opportunity for me to more deeply align with my beliefs. Specifically, this is a time to be at peace in the present moment independent of things appearing to “go wrong” in the short term.

There is pride in choosing to be true to myself and my ideals even when it’s tough, integrity.