TRUTH

/tro͞oTH/

noun

Definition

The quality or state of being true.

Giving New Meaning

To Really Understand the heart

The truth will set you free.

Truth hurts.

Bend the truth.

We have so many manifestations of truth that we’ve managed to create variations of idioms to suit any situation where the truth may be present. And in a sense, we can all agree that the truth is honorable.

It exposes the corrupt, reveals realities, and even on occasions, heals the wounds of the past. There is nothing that demonstrates our heart’s intentions more accurately, than “truth”.

Be True to yourself.

Isn’t that what we hear when we’re told to be transparent and honest with ourselves about how we feel inside? Lying is often times burdensome and can weigh heavily on the mind. Once the mind is affected, a chain reaction of a whole host of other health problems, begins.

Being truthful, no matter how painful, is an unusual state of freedom. It’s the fine line between knowing that you have to be truthful, but don’t want to be.

But with truth comes great responsibility and accountability.

With truth we are forced to face the mirror of our true selves.

And this is what makes the truth, so hard.

Not only is it hard to tell the truth it’s hard to take it.

We even create little white lies to make others feel better because we feel that lying in some cases, protects them from the truth.

But then there are those times when the truth is so life altering that it determines the very course of your journey. Deciding to live in denial for your destructive behaviors instead of facing the music and being truthful and honest with yourself on what it is you need to work on, is just about the worst lie that there is. In fact, doing so effects not only your life, but the lives of others around you.

When you are not truthful with who you are and what it truly is that you want out of life, you’re not only wasting precious time, but you’re losing hope for all the possibilities laid out for you. Whenever you make a choice to do something, if your hearts not in it, the outcome will never be good. Be true to how you feel and abide by those feelings.

Consider this

• We have to be ready to listen to the heart; it’s always guiding us, but can we quiet the mind long enough to feel it? You know that gut feeling. SO, let’s just sit and meditate on what it is we are seeking the truth for in our relationships, work, our life’s journey etc

• Identify what exactly it is you are pondering and seeking the truth about as it will be different not only for you depending upon the situation but will change at different stages in your life.

The average American will change their career 6 times within their lifetime. Stop and think to yourself what that means. The first 2 or 3 jobs, okay, probably some part-time or summertime gigs; no big deal, but after jobs 4, 5, and 6 you have to start wondering if the motivations to move on in one’s career are due to a change of heart. Of course, there are extenuating circumstances, but it should be understood here that those circumstances are reserved for those particular, and special cases. What I'm focusing on, however, are decisions made when a change of heart has occurred.

One day you wake up, fed up of having to go back to the same ol’ job, doing the same old routine, but you’ve lied to yourself for the past 3 years telling yourself, “oh I can hold out for another year”, until that next year arrives and by then you’re burnt out and jaded.

And yet your exit could have been less exhausting had you been truthful with yourself about how you felt to begin with.

The same goes for a relationship you tried hard to keep, and in your heart of hearts you knew it wouldn’t last, but out of pride, denial or fear of losing something you invested so much of your time in, you continued to lie to yourself about its imminent outcome.

We’re often told that it is better to rule with our minds than our hearts, and to some extent that’s true. Yet there are times when the heart reveals more about us than the mind ever could—when our hearts are more equipped to process a given situation, than our own set of logic. For these moments, taking the time to understand how your heart is trying to guide you is one of the most priceless gifts we are given as humans here in the physical world. So take a moment at least once during this week, to reflect on how your heart responds to something or someone, and decide how the outcome would play out if you decide to follow the truth your heart leads you to understand.

Decker