Truth

Truth defined by the Oxford dictionary as, the quality or state of being true, that which is true or in accordance with fact or reality.

What people don’t understand is that the truth always reveals itself at the worst time for those who are trying to hide it and the best time for those who are seeking it. The truth isn’t what you make it, it is of what is.

Truth is there’s no such thing as a, “little white lie,” because it becomes a story on its own of one lie after another. The lies become bigger and will eventually ends relationships when the truth comes out no matter how much effort the liar did to stop of it from coming out.

The simple wisdom of teaching your children and grandchildren is that the truth, although it might hurt the feelings of them and others, is far less greater pain than a lie. Relationships are built and last on core values such as telling the truth no matter how painful. Speaking it with genuine love and kindness works.

Growing up, my parents and siblings got mad at me for speaking the truth from the smallest issues to the big ones. I was told that nobody wants to hear the truth, they want to hear something that makes them feel good. Needless to say, my relationships with my siblings are not strong because we have different values on truth.

The truth isn’t always negative either like of being told that you love someone and that the person loves you back.

Over the weekend maybe it’s time to confess the truth to yourself and maybe someone who you haven’t been completely honest with.

Thank you.

Leslie Elizabeth David.