The Birthing of Truth

Last week we talked about being authentic. Being authentic requires TRUTH. Truth to yourself and to those you encounter. Isn't it funny when it's time to tell people who we are, we kinda get stuck on what we've become and not who we are. Discovering who we are requires a spiritual truth walk, which will produce authenticity.

This week I'm talking about birthing the truth of who you are. Sometimes we have to just tell ourselves the truth. So, in my new book, Finding Peace With, the Prayer Journal, The Journey of a Smile, I ask this probing question: "what area in your life do you need to be real about?" As I wrote this question down in my book, it reminded me of when I started my spiritual journey of wholeness and this was a question I had to ask myself; with that, I thought it was befitting to ask my readings the same question. "What are in your life do you need to be real about?" I'll share with you some of the things I had to be real about in my life....

I'll start first, I had to be real about how important I was to myself. In my first book, Smile, Show Up, Succeed Everyday, I say to you my audience, "You are the most single most important person to you." I had to tell myself the truth about being selfish for me. I no longer felt like I was being selfish when I put myself a top priority in my life. Then I had to tell the truth about my demons. There was a time in my life when having an affair was nothing I thought twice about. I was looking for someone to validate me and take care of me.. it didn't matter where it came from. In that truth, I found that I never took time to be alone and the celebrate myself. I had to ask for forgiveness (I did it on paper) for disrespecting the lives of those whom I took no regards to with my actions. Then I had to forgive myself for the sin and wrong I've done to myself. Then it was time to recognize  and realize that I could do this without a man, or with out the validation of a man. I had to tell myself the truth about my relationships and my marriage. I love being married to my husband, I love the relationship we have. But I had to tell myself the truth about how much he can give me and what part he plays in making me happy. He actually doesn't play a part in making me happy or completing me as that has to come from within, something he cannot do for me. I had to get my own life, pursue my own dreams, and life my life outside of us as a couple and he had to be okay with it. I thank God, he was okay with it... :). I had to face the fact that there are just something he doesn't have the capacity to give me and I'm okay with that. I had to tell myself the truth about what I needed and what I allowed to happen in my life. I am still on the journey of telling myself the truth about me as I mature as a woman. That I have embraced.

Today, I'll take a step back and evaluate the situation before I respond. I am focused on my actions and how I deal with situations that causes me to look within.

My question to you today, is "What areas in your life do you need to be real and or tell the truth about?

"It's better to be hated for what you are than love for what you are not." Andre' Gide

Remember to Smile, Show Up, Succeed Everyday
Find Peace Within
Be blessed,
Ms. Lisa :)