Ten Tips For Being More Truthful

                                       Barbara A. Lewis

The Ten Tips

1. Make a commitment to tell the truth.
2. Tell someone about your commitment.
3. Think before you give a dishonest answer, explanation, sarcasm, or reason.
4. Be careful of when and how you use exaggeration, sarcasm, or irony.
5. Be careful not to twist the truth or leave out part of it.
6. Don't indulge in little white lies.
7. Watch out for silent lies.
8. When you catch yourself lying, throw your mouth into reverse.
9. Talk to yourself.
10. Treat yourself when you tell the truth.

 The ten tips for being more truthful is really helpful and help you become more honest to yourself and others. Truth is the foundation for a fair and just society. For example, in court we require witnesses to swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth because only that way can justice be delivered. Truth matters, both to us as individuals and to society as a whole. As individuals, being truthful means that we can grow and mature and learn from our mistakes. For society, truthfulness makes social bonds, lying and dishonesty break them.It is important to live and act in line with your values. Being truthful to yourself matters because you cannot live in line with your values if you are pretending to yourself that you are something else. Truthfulness allows you to be honest about yourself to yourself and to others and to live a life which reflects that.