Creed of Integrity

Note: I have had this sitting around a while in my email. I wrote it many months back when someone was having trouble understanding "where I was coming from." After lengthy discourse, I came to realize that perhaps I think and feel differently that others. Here I attempt to capture who I choose to be and who I hope I am.


Creed of Integrity

I am happy with who I am.
I try to bring joy to everyone I encounter.
I strive to extend myself and grow personally.
I learn from my failures and my successes.
I learn from the failure and the success of others.
I do not berate nor am I self-defacing when I fail.
I am moderately humble.
I keep my self-pride within.
I make appropriate distinctions about life and act accordingly.
I choose how I feel.
I am responsible for how I choose to feel.
I acknowledge my feelings but choose how I respond.
I do not accept responsibility for how others choose to feel.
I do be responsible for my actions.
I do not accept responsibility for the past actions of others.
I am responsible for interrupting the actions of others only if they
are doing harm to my being or doing unconscious and irreparable harm to their being.
I consciously decide to do no harm.
I leave all things in existence as I found them, or better.
I love and respect family as I love and respect myself, or better.
I love and respect my neighbors as I love and respect myself, or
better.
I love and respect strangers as I love and respect myself, or better.
I love and respect my enemies as I love and respect myself, or
better.
I will not recognize divisions of people.
I honor my creator without end.
I honor my creator without requiring others to do so.
I experience life.