Does the Truth Hurt?

I want to take this time to say, “Thank You” to the all of the Great Fathers in the world. For those of you who are trying; doing the best you can yet still it seems that you just are not able to catch a break. The one’s out there who feel like their whole world is spinning and crashing out of control until they look into their children’s eyes.

I Love You, Daddy!

My Father was one of those men. A man that taught me, my brothers and my sister that we were bound to make mistakes; that it wasn’t the mistakes we made but the way we handled the consequences and learned from those mistakes. He taught us to answer the question asked of us. Never offer information, less chance of lying. Tell the truth no matter what because eventually it will all come out into the light; and your credibility will be shot and then even things you aren’t guilty for you’re subject to be punished for. He taught us to think before we speak and act. Lastly to always look a person in the eyes when we speak to them; always show others the respect we expect from them. Everyday I hear people complain that they were held down or blocked from their dreams by someone else.

In all reality if they were blocked or held away from their dreams, goals, and aspirations it was only them, holding them down. I don’t say this to be judgmental; but simply to point out that eventually we all; anyone serious about growing that is, have to take a deep, dark, and honest look into ourselves and figure what triggers us. What keeps us making the decisions we make? Why pick the same man, job or direction even when we know it will end miserably? What makes some of us finally decide to find a way around, over, or even through the wall instead of just running into it, or even going the other way to see if there is a smaller, softer or maybe no wall? It’s a mystery…Yet I feel that the truth has more than a little to do with it.

If everyone was first honest with themselves; if everyone is worried about what everyone else thinks about them, then they are quite possibly just as self-conscience and scared as you. If you present your true self, and they seem not to connect to you quite possibly it is for the best. Also surround yourself around honest loyal people and be honest and loyal to them. Don’t be fake to people and don’t be around fake people.

But please everyone…….

**Remember**

Everyone has their faults it’s all about finding someone who’s faults and little quirks are cool with you and your faults and quirks are cool with them.

Someone you wouldn’t mind being in the foxhole with.

Make your home your sanctuary; because when you leave home, it’s like going off into your own personal war.

Listen to others; you learn a lot more when you listen.

Be open-minded. That doesn’t mean you have to agree with everything, but give it a chance.

Never make your love conditional. If you do something, do it for the love of the other person, not for what you expect back.

Well that is my take on those who feel the truth may hurt so they choose to lie. But really which ends up hurting more.