Today’s question – “Do you tell the truth even when it might hurt?”
I tell the truth but there have been times where I have not told the whole truth. I have not lied but I have kept the truth to myself.
There are two circumstances that I do this – where I care too much or where I don’t care. Where I care too much and I know that the truth will not add any value to the person and will only hurt or devastate them, I omit it. I don’t lie but I will be quiet. But it is a situational decision and in most situations I say things as they are and I am known for my candour. The lens that I take is will this person benefit from my truth telling or I am just being unkind. But in all circumstances, if I am asked, I say the truth.
Where I don’t care enough, I don’t spend my energy on saying the truth or lies. I only have small or shallow conversations which have no space or depth, so it doesn’t matter. But again, if I am asked, I say the truth.
Truth is how we perceive the world and it is every persons’ truth unless it is a fact. For me, truth is being true to myself and my values. So that is something I never compromise on albeit I have learnt to tame my voice.