The Nature of Truth and Deceit Today by Chessa Peak
It’s very difficult to be honest with people these days without receiving a reaction like you are attacking the other person. We are not encouraged to be honest with each other. I’ve found that speaking the truth, even kindly and mindful of not creating pain for the other person, is a difficult thing for people to do and receive.
So how does one speak with truth without making someone feel attacked? Speak from a place of truth about you, ie: rather than telling someone that their actions are wrong which makes the person feel like they are “bad”, tell the person that you are having a hard time with their behavior and it is causing you stress or anger or whatever negative emotion you may be experiencing.
By coming from a place that is authentically you, if the person you are confronting with the 
difficult truth has love for you they will not want to cause you pain or will do their best to correct their behavior. If we can’t be encouraged to speak the truth, no matter how difficult you feel it is to speak, then we are all contributing to the widespread culture of lies and deceit that so many of us see and despise. If you can’t receive the truth, no matter how kind or harsh it is, then what course of action is left?
How you react is a choice, stop reacting out of anger, PERIOD. Act and react in grace and kindness or not at all unless it’s critical. If you love someone enough to speak the truth to them, realize that it’s just as difficult to speak it and receive it. The only way to correct this behavior is to be the change you wish to see in your world. Brightest Blessings, Chessa Peak
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Chessa Peak has been in New Mexico since the age of 4 and is an honorary New Mexican. A bartender of over 10 years in the Duke City, musician, entrepreneur, and current student at CNM, Chessa is now currently working towards her own non-profit group that will support literacy, art and music programs for Albuquerque residents and her immediate community. Having come through a negative past, her writings deeply reflect the nature of her personal struggles in an attempt to help others overcome their personal battles.
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