This is the fruit of my crucible.
I want to live a life of integrity; a life beyond reproach.
I crave understanding and unity, communication and respect. I want to bring support and safety, a heart of honor and life. I want to celebrate humanity, I want to honor the paths and pursuits of myself and others. I feel remorse for missteps or missed opportunities to have done better for others in my life. It is vital that anyone who engages me does so with healthy and uncoerced free will, informed consent, and with enthusiasm. I commit wholeheartedly to these principles. Everything I speak will be what I believe to be true and in these words, I feel conviction and commitment.
I want accountability to these claims and to my actions. To find community, mutual support, and strength. This is a declaration of intent, a catalyst for a sincere and permanent transformation.
I will seek the counsel of my oldest and truest of my circle, those that will speak truth before friendship, put integrity before tact, and honor before kinship. Before them, I commit to complete transparency and vulnerability. I will make mistakes but I will make them right when I can, and not make the same ones twice.
Additionally, before the universe and all I hold dear, I commit to embodying the spirit of dear Cassandra Narburgh as best I can, to be not just reactive but proactive, not just contemplative but actionable. If right needs be done it will be done. I don’t know a soul on this earth that was more against all that was wrong than her, and I invite and welcome her impact and the influence of everyone she has left behind.
Each day I begin anew, with each day better and stronger than the last.