I think that it might have been more helpful if this email, that arrived today, had arrived just after the other one about speaking your truth. I think my delivery of my honesty the other day was a trifle more painful than it probably should have been.
On this day of your life, Karyn, I believe God wants you to know...
....that you may speak your truth, but soothe your words
with peace.
Tell your truth as soon as you know it. Yet tell it gently,
kindly, and with compassion for the hearer. Someone
needs to hear the truth from you today...but that person
also needs your deep compassion as you speak it.
Seek to say what needs to be said with softness, and
with a wide open heart. Remember, the truth can hurt...
but it hurts a lot less if you care how it feels while
saying it.
You will not have to think but a second to know
exactly why you received this message today.
Very True. Often people start off a discussion with something like "You won't like this, but you need to hear the truth..." and then it's as though that has given them permission to be hurtful, because after all, you were warned and it's for your own good.
ReplyDeleteAll truths, even hurtful ones, can be told with compassion.