“I used to try to be Good.
Good was my go-to in everything.
But Good got me nowhere.
Not like Truth.
Truth,
she tore me to shreds,
devoured me whole
and spat me out shaking and new.
Truth keeps a box of matches in my pocket.
While Good made me afraid of transformative fire.
Truth keeps me real,
even if it makes everyone in the room uncomfortable.
And Truth,
unlike Good,
doesn't let me bow down to anything.
Truth doesn't let me give in to bullying,
misguidance and fear-based criticism or cowardice.
Truth is a queen and a humanitarian,
while Good,
she's a silent,
scared little sheep.
Truth knows that Good dulls my already radiant, fierce and loving soul.
Good showed me how to hide my wings,
my words and angel vision.
Truth taught me to be brave.
Truth taught me how to respect myself.
Truth allows me to hold impenetrable space for any story,
but first and foremost,
for my own.”
-Tanya Markul
What does it mean to live a life in service to love?
Love and truth are interchangeable.
To tell the truth is an act of love.
To love somebody is to give them the truth.
It’s easy to focus outwardly in our quest to live in alignment with these forces.
However, the greatest act of love or truth is to start with yourself.
How are you showing up for you? If you are lying to yourself or living in a perpetual self-loathing, this mindset will impact the way in which you interact with others.
When you nitpick the flaws within you, subconsciously you will do the same for others.
What you see in another is always a mirror for self.
If you’re triggered by another, it’s an opportunity to work on yourself. You’re seeing aspects of self that you have yet to acknowledge.
When you’re an admiration of another, it’s an opportunity to step into further empowerment. You’re seeing aspects of self that you have yet to acknowledge.
If you truly love somebody, you will tell them the truth. But how can you tell the truth if you’ve dedicated the entirety of your self-image to a lie?
Begin analyzing truth living underneath the surface.
When you begin to crack the armor you’ve placed over your own heart, you will experience a new form of integrated truth and love, a feeling you always knew to be possible.
Tell the truth.
Love everyone.
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