In any situation, stay with the truth.
In a workshop session I led yesterday, a young
manager asked me if speaking the truth was worth it at all. He said, “I feel
most comfortable saying things as they are. I prefer being in-the-face. But I
am soon discovering that people don’t like it. I am losing friends and
relationships.”
The manager raises an interesting question. We too have
been told, or have sometimes experienced, that staying with the truth can be a
competitive disadvantage. Sometimes, we wonder if speaking our mind will make
others uncomfortable or even hurt them. We desist from speaking the truth also
because we want to cover-up. But let me tell you, from my experience, that
truth is a liberator. It is a healer. It is a very deadly weapon, a brahmastra, in our arsenal. I believe we
fight shy of using it because we are worried about becoming vulnerable in this ‘big,
bad, cold and merciless’ world.
Fundamentally, our world view has to change. The
world is not made up of hypocrites, cynics, facists, rapists and terrorists
alone. They are but a small population from all of humanity. Just like shadows
in the dark are amplified by our fears, so are the deeds of a few men and women
in the darkness of our minds and hearts. Arise and awaken to the glorious
sunshine of the rest of humanity. Making yourself vulnerable by clinging on to
the truth, irrespective of the circumstance, alone will fetch you the love,
compassion and warmth of like-minded people around you. If someone deserts you
because you spoke the truth, then they really were not worth being in your
Life. Period. Besides, when you stay with the truth you don’t have to remember
what you said! Most importantly, having embraced the truth, you will sleep
well. When you can sleep in peace, you are truly blessed. Nothing else,
believe me, matters!
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