His actions, his choices, his movements. And that's temporary security. So ask the big fish how he grew to be so confident and then go back inside yourself, taking what you've learned from him, and grow into your own rightful big fish. And don't forget, if security comes from within, so does insecurity. Think about that for awhile.
Integrity is the vehicle toward true compassion and acceptance.
It is the vehicle toward growth and meaning. One of the most challenging lessons you face here, my children, is that of opening to your integrity and applying it while in the face of dishonest circumstance. To maintain your integrity amid such circumstance is to immediately multiply your authentic strength tenfold. Showing or not, the lack of integrity is there, influencing decisions and causing pain in others. Likewise, one who acts with integrity allows it to influence their decisions toward goodness, subsequently bringing peace to others.