Topic: The Whole Truth

We lie to ourselves. However, we do not always totally lie to ourselves. What we do most of the time is tell ourselves only a part of the truth. We leave out big chunks of the truth making us responsible causing us to sacrifice. We can tell ourselves we "messed up" but telling ourselves we "messed up" does not tell ourselves enough about what we did to "mess up." Telling ourselves we "messed up" avoids confronting the full truth about why we "messed up." If we are going to ever progress in our life what we must do is fully explain the causes and cures of our failures or lack of progress. If we are willing to fully come to grips with all the causes of our failure or lack of progress than we have a chance at making progress. If we tell ourselves only a partial truth about our lack of progress or we dismiss our lack of progress by merely saying we "messed up," then we cannot come to grips with the whole truth and we will not make progress into the future. When we tell ourselves a half-truth by only saying we "messed up" this tell of a half-truth produces the same result as lying. When we tell the truth, we must tell the whole truth and not just a part of it. For example, if we look at our personal finances, we must not look just at how much money we have in the bank or how much money we bring in each week. We must tell the whole truth about our finances by also looking at how much indebtedness we have and how much we must pay out each week for living expenses and other purchases.

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