What Are You Hiding?

 Think about it: have you ever told a fib or lie? Think hard. :-)

• Maybe you were 'afraid' to get in trouble so you left out some details to avoid punishment.

• Have you ever kept the truth from someone and lied to a person about something important?

• Maybe you felt that because they didn't ask you a question outrightly, that gave you the right to withhold information.

• Have you ever wanted to be something that you are not, or even be someone else, and you lead people to believe that is true?

News flash: A half truth equals a whole lie!

It can be okay to have desires toward other things and even admiration toward another person, however when you want to become them and you say that you are, then that is not telling the truth. 

Have you ever had a conversation with someone about a particular situation (event, party, family gathering, etc) and you embellish the details because your topic doesn't seem as exciting as what they are sharing?

• Have you ever left certain details out of a conversation to avoid conflict because you believed that if you didn't say it then you didn't lie?

• How about a little 'white lie', you know those little ones that don't mean much?

• There is no such thing as a 'white lie', let's face it a lie is a lie and the truth is the truth.

• By lying we can eventually believe that lie to be true as time goes on. It is important that we focus on the truth and are truthful to others as well as ourselves. Let whatever comes out of your mouth be something good.

The truth can and will set you free in all areas of your life!

"What Are You Hiding" (truth and lies)

written by Vicki Freund Duffy