Honesty is telling the truth to others. Integrity is telling the truth to yourself. ~ Israelmore Ayivor Honesty stands beside reliability, the truth never changing in the telling, only when it was one thing but became another. Integrity stands beside self-respect, […]
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The Pinocchio Effect
It’s simple cause and effect, the desire to look good, the need to tell others what we want them to believe, our truth as we’ve constructed it. But the result isn’t an improved image but a lowered head…not really because […]
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But they had not learned enough of humility, fearlessness and honesty, in the sense we find it necessary, until they told someone else all their life story. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition (Kindle Locations 1142-1143). It’s not really the secret. If […]
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A common mistake we make is that we look for God in places where we ourselves wish to find him, yet even in the physical reality this is a complete failure. For example, if you lost your car keys, you […]
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Those who do not move, do not notice their chains. ~ Rosa Luxemburg [Is a quotation less a poetry prompt when you Google her and disagree on every aspect of life? Is truth truth or is it limited to the truth meant when […]
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