one of my mottos in life is: Get Real. i always believed in honesty --- to others and especially to one's self. there is no sense in keeping up facades or charades. aside from the fact, that it gets messy (how do you remain consistent to a web of lies?!) ... truth will always inevitably come out sooner or later ... and that's when the real trouble sets in. that's when it gets painful ... and we don't want that.
being honest is not always easy. in fact, saying things straight out can cause pain at the onset ... but the hurt from a truth is a whole lot better than hurt from finding out a truth AFTER believing in a lie. when you've done something wrong, own up to it. when you have a different opinion, say so. lying in order to escape from punishment is only a temporary solution ... because truth always prevails and, when truth is revealed, you're in double the trouble you would have been had you told the truth in the first place! lying in order to keep others happy (moreso if it is someone you love) is really stupid ... because when they find out the truth, they end up hurt and you may end up losing them afterall.
the bigger challenge of "getting real" is being true to yourself, accepting who/what you are. only when you have come to terms with who you are can you be truly free to be all that you possibly can be ... to be the you which God intended you to be, because God created you so for a reason. do not allow others to put you in a box ... because it means you are allowing them to dictate how your life should be ordered and who you should be. nobody else knows God's plan for you, but God and He reveals it only to you. a lot of people spend their lives trying to make everybody happy. truth is, nobody is ever satisfied ... and you cannot please someone without displeasing somebody else. if you live your life this way, i have to tell you ... forget it! it's a futile cause! Jesus has left us with two commandments to live by: (1) love God above all else; and (2) love your neighbor as you love yourself. live by these and you can't go wrong ... afterall, we are only accountable to God and to nobody else. He should be the one we're keeping happy.
i have learned to come to terms with who i am and the talents which God has blessed me with. i have learned to accept them and to believe that i have a rhyme and reason for being ... that God has put me in this world to do a small good which will ripple and reverberate in this ocean of life. nobody may remember where the ripple began, but everyone will feel it ... and then i would not have lived in vain.
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Hi there. Your Poetic Doses entry was really good. You should update more often! :-)
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