Develop an Honesty Philosophy- Day-06-101 Day Reading Challenge-Who will cry when you die
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We
live in a world of broken promises. We live in a time when people treat their
words lightly. We tell a friend we
will call her next week for lunch knowing full well we do not have the time to
do so. We promise a co – worker we
will bring in that new book we love so much knowing full well that we never
lend out our books. And we promise
ourselves this will be the year we will get back into shape, simplify our lives
and have more fun without any
real intention of making the deep life changes
necessary to achieve
these goals.
Saying things we don’t really mean becomes a habit
when we practice it long enough. The real problem is that when you don’t keep your word, you lose credibility.
When you lose credibility, you break the bonds
of trust. And breaking the bonds of trust ultimately leads to a string of broken relationships.
To develop an honesty philosophy, begin to monitor
how many small untruths you
tell over the course of a week. Go on what I call a “truth
fast” for the next seven days and vow to be completely honest in all your dealings with others – and with
yourself. Every time you fail to do the right thing, you fuel the habit of doing the wrong thing. Every time you do not tell the
truth, you feed the habit of
being untruthful. When you
promise someone you will do something, do it. Be a person of your word rather
than being “all talk and no
action.” As Mother Teresa said, “there should be less talk; a preaching point
is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean
someone’s house. That says enough.”
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