Integrity & Transparency
Integrity is often spoken of in terms of our word � and our relationship to it. I’m good at being on time. That’s pretty much it.
I hide out rather than make commitments that require being uncomfortable or unsure. I write down appointments that other people make with me � but I don’t make appointments with myself; therefore, I don’t break my word since I haven’t given it.
I don’t ask questions that I don’t want the answer to. I judge myself harshly based on my perception that not connecting with others is a reflection of my own lack of talent, wisdom, worthiness, etc� and I hope that I can survive in spite of all this.
That’s pretty much been business as usual.
Except that I have been willing to step outside of my comfort zone�
I recorded some new music recently and heard everything my producer/collaborator player /mixer/engineer arranger recommended as a huge gift and contribution. I’ve been advised/received feedback on what I thought were my vocal limitations to discover that being critiqued is not the horrible experience that it had been during my childhood; when , it had been given by people who didn’t like themselves.
Also, I discovered, again, that not holding myself to into account creates an atmosphere of withheld communications, struggle, suffering and drama and that kind of energy around me invariably comes back to bite me in the ass. No, thank you.
I am sharing this because preaching the power of vulnerability and transparency, along with the consistent practice of practices that support one’s well-being, must, and does, begin and end with me.
Always. All ways.
And, so it is.
Namaste and away we go�
@CoachMeDave
