My little children,
T is for Tongue. You know, of course, that the tongue helps us taste and digest our food. But did you know that the tongue also helps us to speak?
That might explain why this slippery customer finds it so hard to speak the truth. We all lie so many times. White lies we call them, and they come in handy when the truth embarrasses or shames us. Strange how we have courage for the big truths, but the small lies undo the seams that hold us together.
Truth itself is so much bigger than any of us, it's hard to grab all of it. All we can hope for is to find that strand of truth which strikes a chord within us and give others the right to be inspired by the truth that moves them, even if it strikes us as cacophony.
Keep your eyes open for there are truths everywhere - in nature, in faith, in everyday life, in the mouths of babes and mad people. But you'll have to be careful. Sometimes a lie dresses up like truth, and the disguise is so good that whole mobs of people get fooled.
Sometimes there are many versions of truth. That's how History is written, you know.
At other times, you will find that people who are wise enough to know a lie from a truth still choose to go down a path that they know will mislead them.
Nor should you hold your opinions and preconceptions in too crushing an embrace. It will spare you the misfortune of finding that a truth you've clung to all your life has wooden feet.
It's a marketplace out there, and truths are auctioned and bid for. Unpalatable, uncomfortable and ugly truths may find no takers where sugar-coated and prettily packed untruths win the popularity stakes.
My wish for you is that you may never lie to yourself, lest lies and truths get mixed up in your head. That no matter how tough times may get, you may have the courage to swallow the truth you must. Because the acceptance of truth brings peace. No lie can outrun a truth, no matter how much of a head start it has had.
There is more to truth than just the telling of it. There is the living of the truth, a much harder job. If I am not able to pass the litmus test of living the truth, then all the lessons I have been sharing with you these last few days are just hot air.
Such a challenge for me.
Until tomorrow. Can't wait to meet U again.
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T is for Tongue. You know, of course, that the tongue helps us taste and digest our food. But did you know that the tongue also helps us to speak?
That might explain why this slippery customer finds it so hard to speak the truth. We all lie so many times. White lies we call them, and they come in handy when the truth embarrasses or shames us. Strange how we have courage for the big truths, but the small lies undo the seams that hold us together.
Truth itself is so much bigger than any of us, it's hard to grab all of it. All we can hope for is to find that strand of truth which strikes a chord within us and give others the right to be inspired by the truth that moves them, even if it strikes us as cacophony.
Keep your eyes open for there are truths everywhere - in nature, in faith, in everyday life, in the mouths of babes and mad people. But you'll have to be careful. Sometimes a lie dresses up like truth, and the disguise is so good that whole mobs of people get fooled.
Sometimes there are many versions of truth. That's how History is written, you know.
At other times, you will find that people who are wise enough to know a lie from a truth still choose to go down a path that they know will mislead them.
Nor should you hold your opinions and preconceptions in too crushing an embrace. It will spare you the misfortune of finding that a truth you've clung to all your life has wooden feet.
It's a marketplace out there, and truths are auctioned and bid for. Unpalatable, uncomfortable and ugly truths may find no takers where sugar-coated and prettily packed untruths win the popularity stakes.
My wish for you is that you may never lie to yourself, lest lies and truths get mixed up in your head. That no matter how tough times may get, you may have the courage to swallow the truth you must. Because the acceptance of truth brings peace. No lie can outrun a truth, no matter how much of a head start it has had.
There is more to truth than just the telling of it. There is the living of the truth, a much harder job. If I am not able to pass the litmus test of living the truth, then all the lessons I have been sharing with you these last few days are just hot air.
Such a challenge for me.
Until tomorrow. Can't wait to meet U again.
