Truthfulness grounds you in yourself. It helps to defend you against the outside forces of:
• Emotional storms
• Attacks from others
• Peer/ cultural persuasion to do what’s not good for you
• Reliance on self-approval, not approval from others.
Truthfulness makes you trustworthy—both to yourself and to others. Other people see your transparency and feel that they can easily know you.
Truthfulness deepens relationships. It opens the door for genuine intimacy. Your honesty promotes honesty in others. It empowers them and gives them permission to be honest themselves. When people share honestly with each other about their feelings and their needs, everyone is more likely to have their needs met.
We feel less tension and stress when we’re honest, too. Lies, even “white lies” are stressful. When you tell them to others, you have to remember what you said and to whom you said it. When you tell them to yourself, a part of you knows it’s not true. Lies are never kindnesses. You can learn to tell the truth tactfully and with respect. Truth comes from love, from a willingness to honor the importance of each relationship – especially the one you have with yourself.
Source: www.positivelivingnow.com
• Emotional storms
• Attacks from others
• Peer/ cultural persuasion to do what’s not good for you
• Reliance on self-approval, not approval from others.
Truthfulness makes you trustworthy—both to yourself and to others. Other people see your transparency and feel that they can easily know you.
Truthfulness deepens relationships. It opens the door for genuine intimacy. Your honesty promotes honesty in others. It empowers them and gives them permission to be honest themselves. When people share honestly with each other about their feelings and their needs, everyone is more likely to have their needs met.
We feel less tension and stress when we’re honest, too. Lies, even “white lies” are stressful. When you tell them to others, you have to remember what you said and to whom you said it. When you tell them to yourself, a part of you knows it’s not true. Lies are never kindnesses. You can learn to tell the truth tactfully and with respect. Truth comes from love, from a willingness to honor the importance of each relationship – especially the one you have with yourself.
Source: www.positivelivingnow.com