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Truth

“If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.” ~Mark Twain

Every thought that we hold on to costs us something, even though we don’t realize it. Its currency is energy and space.

For example, if you are holding a grudge on someone, resenting them for some wrong doing that may have caused you pain, the result is this horrible feeling in the pit of your stomach. You feel like a dark cloud is hovering over you and following you wherever you go. The cost of holding on to unforgiving thoughts is the heavy feeling cluttering up the innate peace of our inner space.

Similarly, if we did something to wrong someone else, or if we told something untruthful, a feeling of guilt and shame resides within us—however subtle.

Living truthfully isn’t just a virtue to follow because it’s a cliché noble thing to do, but rather, living truthfully (and easily letting go of negative thoughts) is a key to inner freedom and peace.

Imagine you didn’t have to carry all those emotional baggage with you. How much lighter would you feel? How much happier and liberated will you experience life?

 

 

Here are a few ideas to living truthfully:

• Honesty – being honest with yourself. If you don’t want to do something, say no, and say no unapologetically.
• Don’t Gossip – gossip satisfies the mind, but it never leaves you feeling very good. If you can’t say it to someone’s face, don’t say it behind her back.
• Letting Go – Let go of negative feelings and stories that trigger these feelings. If holding on to a story makes you feel bad—like resentment—perhaps it’s time to let it go.
• On Paper – try to get thoughts out of your head and on to paper. For example, write out to-do items as they surface on your mind instead of keeping them cycling in your head--creating mental clutter.

--Tina Su