Look at the adjectives we use for truth: brutal honesty, painful truth, to put it bluntly, unvarnished
truth, harsh reality, cold, hard facts, “don’t pull any punches”. ----All scary and physically painful.
Given: We are hard wired to resist pain. Problem: Therefore, we are conditioned to resent and resist TRUTH and those who TELL IT. (Wow, those truths
hurt too!)
Isn’t is curious how much we all say we want others to be honest but generally we are not good at hearing unpleasant truths? We “shoot the messenger.”
(That used to occur LITERALLY, giving kings bad news back in the day could be a death sentence. They literally developed a code of virtuous conduct to protect messengers from foreign kingdoms' wrath.)
Today, ask to be shown a
truth that you have been avoiding. It will sting but that will pass. I believe all the blocks to our dreams and happiness are resisted truths. Be brave and ask for a small truth today. I will too.
Oh, if you have a giant, piano sized truth that you need help with, Let Me Know.
I’ve helped people survive all of these truths: lying, embezzeling, infidelity, self-loathing, rape,
mother’s hatred, father’s leaving, abuse, business failure, disease, God blaming, child ruining, depression, soulmate losing, divorce, abandonment, drinking, poverty, married the wrong person and not loving your own children.
Your truth doesn’t
scare me. I will help you with it when you ask.
