****WOOOW WHAT A RAMBLING BURST OF TEXT****
So, now I have no Internet.
And so I talk to myself
, to fight the boredom, to feel accomplishing. I think that, just as I learn from others when I talk through Messenger for hours on end, with so many interesting and different people, I can learn from myself when I do this: talk to myself. Is it like talking to God?
God is with me, wherever I go. He is in me, around me, just as I am inside him. Is this the old phrase I was always told to repeat and chant since so many years aog? I like to think it's not. I believe it's not, but well, who knows. Do I know? I should.
And so I talk to myself, to fight the boredom, to feel accomplishing. I think that, just as I learn from others when I talk through Messenger for hours on end, with so many interesting and different people, I can learn from myself when I do this: talk to myself. Is it like talking to God? God is with me, wherever I go. He is in me, around me, just as I am inside him. Is this the old phrase I was always told to repeat and chant since so many years aog? I like to think it's not. I believe it's not, but well, who knows. Do I know? I should.Honesty must exist. What if you're not honest to yourself? Or to others? Think about it. Why would you want to lie to another person? I can think of several reasons that people usually lie for:
1) Fear.
If you fear what another person might do, think, or say if he or she told him or her the truth, you might lie. I don't know if it's natural, but it certainly is usual. I remember when, at home, I did not want to take responsibility for a broken glass, spilled sugar, a bicycle fall, or hurting my little sister by accident. Parents get angry
when they find out, or at least upset
... they do mean faces, talk in a strange way, scold, and sometimes even spank. But was I doing something bad? I mean, I didn't mean to do it... it happened. A child never means harm. He's a child: he's experimenting, imitating, learning about the world. It is not fair to a child to blame him or her for something he or she has done. The child should be told what must not be done, but not angrily or blaming him or her. Just telling.
If you fear what another person might do, think, or say if he or she told him or her the truth, you might lie. I don't know if it's natural, but it certainly is usual. I remember when, at home, I did not want to take responsibility for a broken glass, spilled sugar, a bicycle fall, or hurting my little sister by accident. Parents get angry when they find out, or at least upset... they do mean faces, talk in a strange way, scold, and sometimes even spank. But was I doing something bad? I mean, I didn't mean to do it... it happened. A child never means harm. He's a child: he's experimenting, imitating, learning about the world. It is not fair to a child to blame him or her for something he or she has done. The child should be told what must not be done, but not angrily or blaming him or her. Just telling.2) Taking advantage:
If I want something you have, but you won't give it to me, sometimes there are "alternative" ways to obtaining what you want. "Hey, look over there!", and the other guy turns around, while you grab what you want, and maybe run away. So simple, isn't it? But I believe that lying has a serious negative impact on oneself. You should always think if what you are obtaining is worth the other person's loss, BESIDES the scar the lie itself will leave in you.
If I want something you have, but you won't give it to me, sometimes there are "alternative" ways to obtaining what you want. "Hey, look over there!", and the other guy turns around, while you grab what you want, and maybe run away. So simple, isn't it? But I believe that lying has a serious negative impact on oneself. You should always think if what you are obtaining is worth the other person's loss, BESIDES the scar the lie itself will leave in you.3) Shame:
Just a version of fear... trying to make it clear.
Just a version of fear... trying to make it clear.Fear can be a really bad thing. It is what impedes most people from achieving what they will and wish for. The self-certainty that you have already lost..
that you will not do it... or the mostly unconscious knowledge that the achievement of your wishes is not worth the effort of doing it.
can be a really bad thing. It is what impedes most people from achieving what they will and wish for. The self-certainty that you have already lost.. that you will not do it... or the mostly unconscious knowledge that the achievement of your wishes is not worth the effort of doing it.I don't consider myself to be old and wise or anything... I'm just a youngster, some might say... but now I know (I think :) ). It's
always better to do something about it. About anything. Just do it.
Honesty is a pathway to self-development, I know it!
And with honesty comes trust... because you will know... I'm sure. If you know honesty in yourself, you may tell honesty, and so, dishonesty, in others too. And you will not be turmoiled by thoughts of possible cheats, lies, mistrust, and such. Only a clear observer can observe clearly. Be honest, because everyone will be so much the happier for it.
Especially you.
And with honesty comes trust... because you will know... I'm sure. If you know honesty in yourself, you may tell honesty, and so, dishonesty, in others too. And you will not be turmoiled by thoughts of possible cheats, lies, mistrust, and such. Only a clear observer can observe clearly. Be honest, because everyone will be so much the happier for it. Especially you.***(wrote this text and the other one about love on a saturday night)***
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