What We Do With Truth
by Michael Feeley
Truth sits before us, patient and unchanging. Our choices are these: honor it, avoid it, bend it, or betray it.
When we tell the truth, we align ourselves with reality. We become reliable—to others, yes, but more crucially, to ourselves. This is integrity’s foundation.
When we avoid truth, we dodge and deflect. We see what’s real but refuse to face it or speak it. We stay silent when truth demands a voice. This is perhaps our most common choice—hiding from truth rather than engaging with it at all.
When we stretch the truth, we enter dangerous territory. That small exaggeration, that convenient omission—we tell ourselves it doesn’t matter. But each stretch weakens our relationship with what’s real.
When we lie, we fracture. We must remember the false version, maintain it, defend it. We split into the person who knows and the person who pretends. This requires constant maintenance, control, and fakery.
Truth asks nothing of us except courage and honesty.
Thanks – Michael (he, him)
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