Wednesday, August 22,
2012
Today's Gift
Today's Gift
I have one request: may I
never use my reason against truth. --Elie Wiesel
Honesty with ourselves is a great asset in every
situation we confront. The skill to look reality square in the face and call it
what it is takes us a good distance toward coping with it. However, many of us
also have the skill to spin or rationalize our actions so that we don't have to
face something unpleasant. That skill provides us with excuses and evasions but
it is the greatest betrayal of our selves. When we use our brain to cleverly
cover the truth of our actions, we often believe our own lies, and then we're
incapable of rectifying them.
Just as dishonesty builds and grows on itself, so
does honesty. We cannot one day decide to be honest and change in a flash
because we don't see all of our self-deceit yet. But we can make the decision to
be as honest as we know how. Then we will soon be surprised by how much is
revealed to us as the fog of our self-deceit lifts and our honesty builds upon
itself.
Today I will strive to see reality as it is and
not shape it to suit my ego's desires.
From the book Wisdom to Know by Anonymous
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