Why were you not?


There is a tale of a chassidic rabbi named rabbi Zusya. Zusya was a timid man, a man who lived a humble life.
One day Rabbi Zusya stood before his congregation and he said,  When I die and have to present myself before the celestial tribunal, they will not ask me,  ‘Zusya why were you notMoses?’ because I would say ‘Moses was prophet and I am not.’
They will not say ‘Zusya, why were you not Jeremiah?’ for  I  would say ‘Jeremiah was a writer, and I am not.’
And they will not say ‘Why were you not Rabbi Akiba?’ for I would tell them, ‘Rabbi Akiba was a great teacher and scholar and I am not.’
But then they will say ‘Zusya why were you not  Zusya?’ and to this I will have no answer.
All of us strive to be great leaders, the best parents, exceptional partners, who are we being?
How do we know what is the right thing to do, and how do we live a life without having regrets about ‘Why were you not’?
It begins with living with integrity.
To have integrity will define our lives.
To have integrity we will do the right thing because it is the right thing to do.
To have integrity is to be true to the life we have been called to live.
Having integrity is having character, consistency, commitment and congruency with your truest self.
If you know who you are you will know what to do and if you know what to do …. you will not have to be asked why were YOU not.
  •  Your integrity is when your beliefs and thoughts and actions come together.
  •  Your integrity is finding out the uniqueness of you and living it
  •  Your integrity is discovering your giftedness and sharing it
  • Your integrity is detecting your strength and showing it.
LIVE IT. SHARE IT. SHOW IT.
To discover your integrity ask yourself the following questions:
  • What does integrity mean?
  • What are the characteristics of someone who lives a life of integrity?
  • What do you have to change to be more authentic about yourself?
  • Are your decisions congruent with who you are from within?
  • What are your blind spots that keep you from being real?
  • What do you value?
  • Do you know what is right in your heart?
Skill-inside: Integrity is the anchor of your heart; it is your commitment to being who you are deep in your soul.
Tamer EL Sagheer
SkillInside

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