The lies we tell ourselves!

Hello, it has been a while!

I spent the last six months doing some personal journaling and self-reflection. It truly is fantastic to have time to really work on yourself and discover the crazy and chaos that exists in all of us. In those times of genuine self-reflection, you can expose the truth about yourself. The profound dark truth that you’re conscious of is not even aware of. At times it can be extremely painful and scary. Many days, my mind was spinning because I had uncovered so many of the lies that stunted my spiritual growth.

I learned that it is extremely painful to expose ourselves to our authentic selves. However, it is necessary. After exposing the lies and hurt, we can exhale and free ourselves from our imprisonment. I could see myself for who I am or who I was. It was liberating, but that did not take away from the fact that it was very scary and painful.

I was like many of you! I did not think that I could lie to myself. I mean, how could I? I live with myself every hour of every day. I learned some hard truths about myself. For example, I am impatient, I am a perfectionist, and I am passive-aggressive. I learned that I had not forgiven people for the heartbreaks and disappointments that they brought into my life. Through this time of journaling, or as I like to call it, “journeying.” I could forgive people for their wrongs while forgiving myself for lying about the pain.

We all have those lies that we tell ourselves. The ones to make us feel better or to pad us from the pain the truth will bring. The truth hurts for a while; however, living a life of lies causes chronic pain.

I have missed my blogger family and look forward to re-engaging and sharing wisdom earned through the lessons I learned.

Until next time:

Let God’s light shine within and through you!