“the quality of being genuine, actual, and/or factual”
Truth is probably what we all want but are we ready, willing, and able to handle the truth: especially the truth about ourselves. This is a tough one for me because I struggle with uncovering my truth. From very early on in life, I’ve created layer upon layer of who I think I am, who I think I SHOULD be, who I think others want me to be, who I think others expect me to be…because of that, it becomes challenging to wade through it all to get to the Truth.
Just today I needed to face the truth about a project that I thought I wanted to participate in. Whenever I thought about going to one of the meetings, my whole insides just felt deflated. I had canceled on the Sunday session and I was about to cancel today when it dawned on me that the only reason I wanted to work on this project was because I felt I “should” rather than because I truly wanted to be there.
As I wrote the email to cancel completely out of the project, I caught myself about to “lie” as to why I was cancelling. That’s not my truth. I also realized I didn’t need to make up any excuses, I could just tell them that I needed to cancel…and that’s it. And that’s the truth…plain and simple.
How about you? Is truth a core value for you?
btw…here’s what it looked like before:
joyfully,
Maureen
The Mandala Lady
inspiring and encouraging creativity, curiosity, and play through the art of mandalas
About the 2024 Mandalas of the Day
Each day I will create and post a mandala inspired by one of 366 “value” words chosen randomly. The objective being to discover for myself which ones would best represent my core values…and by doing so, I hope it inspires you to determine your own.
Mandala of the Day 