Brain damage dramatically changes our life, limiting us in ways we never expected and deepening us in ways we never dreamed possible. There is a superlative quality to everything surrounding brain damage. Gift and curse are superlatives that capture the intense feelings and reality that are called forth. Without integrity they could call forth euphoria or despair, because without the boundary of integrity they would become superlative exaggerations. Exaggerations can not be tolerated, however, because they tip the balance from truth to deception.
Euphoria exaggerates gift.
Despair exaggerates curse. Integrity exaggerates neither. Therefore, only integrity can protect the fragile balance of the reconciled superlatives of the gift and curse of brain damage. The demand is for purity and truthfulness. No exaggeration can be tolerated or there can be no integrity, no reconciliation, no movement, and then no tolerance for truth.