A poem by
Michael Leunig
In order to be truthful
We must do more than speak the truth
We must also hear the truth
We must also receive the truth
We must also act upon truth
The difficult truth
Within us and around us
We must also devote ourselves to truth
Otherwise we are dishonest
And our lives are mistaken
God grant us the strength and courage
To be truthful
Amen
Hi Mary not totally related to your post but just wanted to say thanks for talking about resisting feeling humiliated and being prepared to feel it to break the facade. During the day my daughter came into the bathroom and weighed herself in front of me and I understood my resistance to feeling humiliated in public for being overweight. I must admit that I then weighed myself with noone present but hadn't weighed myself for years. I also realised how I go round the houses to understand something instead of admitting to someone that I don't understand what they've said.
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