I'm old. I've learned the value of learning my lessons. Eventually, I learned the most important lesson: if I am not acting from a place of compassion and personal integrity, not only are things more likely to blow up, but also I will never stop regretting my actions. So be truthful and be kind, but hold firm in your honestly held beliefs. Not everyone will like you! But you will have no regrets.
I like your last sentence as it's pretty much what I work on doing. Also, the thing with integrity is that one person's version of it may not be the same as someone else's. That's when disconnections occur and blow up's are possible. the "blow up" is overrated though, rarely gets a person anywhere.
Gee thanks for that curangel support!
I have so many regrets swirling through my thoughts these days. I've accumulated a lot of them. Now I'm trying to live my life so that I don't accumulate any more.
I like the collisions that occur when integrities differ. The blow ups usually blow over. If not, you learn something that is good to know.
You're welcome.
One can always learn something valuable about the blow of another person, even if it's the lack of quality of the person doing the blow up.