Whats more important than telling the truth?
If the truth is so powerful, why do people resist telling it? Frankly, because there are more tangible rewards for “spinning” than there are for being courageous. When our founding father chopped down that cherry tree and proclaimed, “I cannot tell a lie,” we should have stamped those words on every coin in the land. Perhaps we might have learned. Instead, here’s what we settle for: A) Looking good and having others’ approval We worry if we tell the whole truth, we might offend someone. We worry they’ll think badly of us or we’ll hurt their feelings. We worry they’ll withdraw their approval, which would suck because we depend upon these people to give us our sense of self worth, affirm our identity and justify our existence! This is the result of faulty thinking, conditioned over a lifetime of wanting to fit in and appear normal. Underneath this is an inner conversation that fears you’re not really normal. Everyone else is normal, but not you. So to appear normal you need to play the g
