I could write on and on about it, it’s one of, if not *the* main code I live my life by.

Honesty. Truth.

All covered by fluffy cushion of integrity.

Treat others as you’d like to be treated yourself, and you won’t go far wrong. If you are treating others in a way that you wouldn’t accept for yourself, you are not operating from a position of integrity.

So that’s a very brief but effective guide when it comes to dealing with other people.

How about dealing with yourself – do you follow it then?

It’s an important point. All too often we let ourselves down. We fail to go extra mile for ourselves. We settle for what we know to be second best.

It’s easy to do, I’ve know I’ve done it. We all want an easy life don’t we, so why push ourselves when we don’t have to?

Integrity, that’s why!

I was taught that when I was, ooh, let’s see, maybe 11 years old? I studied French until I was 18, in fact I was quite good at it.

Despite fact that my teacher said I had one of worst accents she had ever heard, I got a good grade ‘A’ Level.

I think can actually remember saying ‘Je suis un chat’ in spoken exam.

Whereas this phrase – ‘I am a strong and worthy person’ – Or this one – ‘I can achieve anything I want to achieve’ –

Well, no, I can’t remember being taught either of those.

Ok, I can accept possibility that if I come back in next life as a cat, (who lives in France), it might be fairly handy to be able to say ‘Je suis un chat’, but *this* is what I struggle with, *this* is what keeps me awake at night…

Why, oh why, was I taught that phrase, but not other two?

‘I am a strong and worthy person.’ ‘I can achieve anything I want to achieve.’