Ernest Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature yet found
it difficult at times to write a significant beginning sentence that portrayed
a truth. While Hemingway is considered to have been a true American literary
genius, his value system brought him intense pain and suffering which resulted
in his eventual suicide.
Hemingway continuously sought to
prove himself through his famous African safaris, his drinking ability,
sportsmanship, and exploits with women, but discovered that permanent peace did
not exist for him. A Quaker proverb addresses caring for and loving yourself. "It
is true that each person has integrity that can be damaged and diminished by choices
that person makes."
Your
integrity is intricately connected to your value system, so your values either
strengthen or weaken your integrity. Jesus posited a blueprint for guarding your
integrity. "Love the Lord God with your whole being and your neighbor as
yourself." "Do to others as you would have them do to you" is a
choice God will bless while strengthening your integrity.
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