It’s time to stop lying to yourself and start getting real
There are all sorts of lies we tell ourselves and they’re destroying our potential.
by: E.B. Johnson
As humans we lie about everything from the food we ate for breakfast to how we feel about our best friend’s choice of attire. We tell big lies and we tell small lies and — more often than not — these lies have the purpose of protection.
Lies are a defense mechanism meant to protect us from the uncomfortable reality of our beliefs and the behaviors we engage in. They shield us from accountability and they also protect the ones we love from similar realities and home truths that make them wriggle.
We lie; but the worst kind of lying we engage in is the lying that we do with ourselves in the quiet of our own internal realms.
This type of lying shapes the way we see ourselves and the world. It impacts everything from our peace of mind to our emotional stability. When we lie to ourselves we destroy ourselves and put our minds in a prison. Frozen, in stasis, unhappiness and unfulfillment rein supreme.
The Lying Cycle
Often, the lies we tell ourselves start off small, but after repeating them for years they become beliefs that reinforce…
