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On Integrity, Restraint, and Not Carrying What Isn’t Mine
Last night I felt a familiar heat rise in me during a conversation about directing rage outward through spiritual practice. I wasn’t threatened, and I wasn’t trying to be superior. I simply care deeply about integrity. We’re living in a time where intensity is often confused with power and reaction is framed as sovereignty. I’ve done too much inner work to mistake volatility for strength, so my body responded.
I spoke once, calmly, from my values. What interested me more than the conversation itself was what happened next. I felt the pull to press further, to explain more, correct more, stabilize the space. That pull is old in me. I learned very early how to regulate chaos, and my nervous system still knows how to step forward when something feels reckless. But maturity for me is no longer about how well I can manage a room. It’s about whether I can hold my integrity without carrying responsibility for everyone else’s development.
So I stopped. I acknowledged what was said, and I stepped back, even though there was tension in that restraint. Letting the moment remain unresolved taught me more than continuing would have. Discernment doesn’t require domination. Integrity doesn’t require escalation. I can see clearly without standing taller. I can disagree without correcting. I can care without carrying. Sometimes growth looks like saying what needs to be said once, and then trusting other adults to walk their own path.
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On Integrity, Restraint, and Not Carrying What Isn’t Mine
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