Today we are going to talk about the Truth and how fast we will tell it.
Most of us avoid telling the truth because it's uncomfortable. We're afraid of the consequences, making others feel uncomfortable, hurting their feelings. or risking their anger with you. And yet when we don't tell the truth, we can't deal with matters from a basis reality.
We've heard the phrase, "The Truth shall set you Free," and it WILL. The truth allows us to be free to deal with the way things are, not the way we image them to be or hope them to be or might manipulate them to be with our lies.
The truth also frees up our energy. It takes energy to withhold the truth, keep a secret, or keep an act up. Remember how many times I have said, "Energy is everything and Everything is energy?" It takes a lot of energy to hold back the truth, and that energy, when released, can be used to focus on creating greater success in all areas of our lives. We can become less cautious and more willing to be our natural selves. More Authentic!
There is no perfect timing to tell the hard truth. Will is be uncomfortable? Yesss. Will it create lots of reactions? Yesss. But it is the right thing to do.
I just had to be uncomfortable and it created a lot of reactions. Here's the thing, I could choose to bite my tongue and keep my mouth closed. Prolong the the truth about how I feel, have regrets later and really just be prolonging the discomfort of the reactions or I can speak the truth NOW and choose the discomfort.
Y'all, we need to get in the habit of telling the truth faster. Ultimately you want to get to the point where you say it as soon as you think it. That's when you become totally Authentic. What you see is what you get. People will know where you stand. You can be counted on to speak your truth.
But I don't want to hurt their feelings.
THAT is the biggest excuse I hear and have said. This is always a lie.
If you ever catch yourself thinking this, what's really happening is that you are protecting yourself from your own feelings. You are avoiding what YOU will feel when THEY get upset. It's a coward's way out, it just simply delays the full vulnerability.
Hiding your truth always backfires. The longer you withhold it, the more hurt you do to yourself and to the others involved.
I dare You to Tell your Hard Truth FASTER!
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