Dishonesty is the thief of peace

We focus too much on how others treat us, and too little on how we treat ourselves.

Honesty is one of those things that we find distasteful and repulsive when someone withholds it from us, but we overlook it when we do it to ourselves.

When we’re dishonest with ourselves, we find ways to justify that dishonesty.

That justification comes in the form of avoiding tough discussions, surrounding ourselves with people we find agreeable, and avoiding those who will challenge us when what we say doesn’t resonate with how we behave.

That’s how we end up running away from the harsh truths that we prefer not to face, until eventually we become convinced that our running away is in fact our struggle to create a better life for ourselves.

We convince ourselves that the circles that agree with us are in fact the ones who care, while most often they’re also running away from their own lives, looking for familiarity in their quest to find their ‘tribe’.

We must choose our company wisely. But we must also choose it sincerely.

Like a wound, avoiding the truth of who we are or what we’re responsible for, only creates fertile ground for such realities to become festering wounds that slowly rupture and destroy the very peace that we set out to achieve.

That’s how the past that is not resolved, haunts the future that we’re desperately in need of.

You owe yourself honesty and sincerity before anyone else owes it to you.

It always starts with you.

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