Integrate
I was thinking recently about this word you hear everywhere these days……integrate. I was pondering its meaning.
One of the ways I explore a word or concept is to look for the opposite word so I can get a sense of perspective with regard to the whole intent of the meaning of the word.
Did it ever occur to you that the opposite of ‘integrate’ is ‘disintegrate’?
When we are ‘integrated,’ we have become someone with ‘integrity.” This means something with an internal structure that is not compromised…
The integrity of a person or a building or a master plan for life is based upon its ability to withstand compromise…be true to itself.
Some people will tell you that you have to ‘compromise’ in order to get on in life but this is not true. You always have free will and the right to make a choice! Compromise usually leaves everyone unhappy and full of unspoken resentment…so give that up right now!
To see yourself in each other and from a place of compassion, make agreements based on trust…that is your mission. To ‘Integrate’ is to become whole and powerful in your own right, expressing all your skills and gifts with no fear of judgment or limitation.
To disintegrate is to literally ‘meltdown’. Disintegrated, you have lost the integrity within the structure of your Being. Give up compromise. It builds resentment. Think about creating an inter-dependant relationship, rather than a co-dependant relationship. It is through redefining our relationship with the earth and each other that we can re-integrate and once again become an integral part of a healthy whole.
Are you integrated or disintegrated? Are you whole and healthy or a dysfunctional, distracted victim of constant compromise? Create Inter-dependant relationships now and give up the co-dependence and the compromise.
