3 of 30 Things to Stop and Start Doing to yourself

Stop lying to yourself. – You can lie to anyone else in the world, but you can’t lie to yourself.  Our lives improve only when we take chances, and the first and most difficult chance we can take is to be honest with ourselves.  Read The Road Less Traveled.

Why do we try to fool ourselves in the first place?  When we start off in a place that we know isn't what we believe in, we may not think we are 'lying", but are we.  When you do something that doesn't resonate with you, but you do it anyway,  are you lying?  If you find there is a quality about you that you don't care for and keep ignoring, are you lying to yourself?  Is there something you do or feel that eats you up because you are too scared to bring it to the surface?  Lying to yourself makes you bitter, angry, moody and creates miserable life for you.  WM of PBC

Start being honest with yourself about everything. – Be honest about what’s right, as well as what needs to be changed.  Be honest about what you want to achieve and who you want to become.  Be honest with every aspect of your life, always.  Because you are the one person you can forever count on.  Search your soul, for the truth, so that you truly know who you are.  Once you do, you’ll have a better understanding of where you are now and how you got here, and you’ll be better equipped to identify where you want to go and how to get there.  Read The Road Less Traveled.


Being honest with yourself doesn't mean it won't hurt.  Remember the last time you were single and you talked to your friends about the type of person you would like to date?  You said you would like that person to be an honest, outgoing, truth be told kind of person.  You start dating someone that fits your description and the person tells you something about yourself that you didn't like but was true.   You describe this person as mean and blunt, but exactly the type of person you had asked for.

If you were honest enough about yourself, it wouldn't have affected you too much, because you already knew that about yourself.  You may have even been able to have an adult conversation and recognize that it is a quality in you that you are not too fond of and work on regularly.  Knowing yourself better helps in every relationship you have throughout your life.  Being honest with yourself can help you come to grips with parts of you that you don't like, but can improve as long you acknowledge it.  WM of PBC


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