Wednesday's Chip of the Day

[caressa]

Honesty/Dishonesty

I no longer have a bag of chips, I gave mine away some time ago to a sponsee.

This was picked because it came up as a Just For Today topic that I posted on my site Star Choices and I realized that it was something that I needed to be mindful of for myself today.

I have several places to go today and I need to be honest about my inability to be everywhere and be there for ALL people as much as I would like to be.

I am meeting a friend from out of town and then going to meet up with my son's girlfriend at their place.

I honestly hope that someone will take up the responsibility of post a chip of the day here as this column has been special to a lot of people for a long time.

[~graced~]

Honesty is the first principle of that first step. Without that foundation to build off of---boy, what a mess. And I had a tough time being honest with me. I bought the lies and delusions. Some moments I can STILL wander into that territory.

This is why I surround myself with folks who'll say what they see and challenge me.

I still operate under Honesty=the lack of intent to deceive oneself or others, absense of the truth is a lie. And as an alcoholic and a human being...LOL....I still have the propensity to lie to others and to myself.

HOPEFULLY I'm being honest with me today...and with the world. I do know wiseperson busted me out the other day cuz I was acting mad cuz that's more comfy than letting myself BE fearful. More proof why surrounding myself with people who care enough to challenge me is a good plan.

The plan isn't to lie today--and if I do, I'll tell on myself and make things right. LOL I don't do the deal perfectly. And I WILL confess if I botch it up.

I can be such a naughty child....LOL

[caressa]

Glad to hear I am not the only one. I never applied the word 'naughty' before. Perhaps it is my old tapes playing, but I generally here the word 'wicked.' Today I am a godly heathen, who use to have a needy soul, who is whole and complete who walks with the God of my understanding who allows me mistakes and doesn't make me feel like one as a result of....

[Lin]

I had alot of years i was dishonest...mostly with myself. Today I strive to be honest with myself, with others and with my HP. It's alot easier to remember my story if I always tell the truth. Being dishonest only give a person more chances to trip up and get CAUGHT.

LIN

[lildee]

honesty/dishonesty

Doing a lot of this around here. Dishonesty is one of the things that led hubby into a 10 month lie. Instead of a slip and fessing up, dishonesty turned into a lie run rampant. It became "God and his little secret." Well the secret is out and now there is lots of pain and hurt and amends to make.

For me lying is one of the worst sins out there. It shows that you have a lack of trust in the people around you, the people that can help.

Lying only begets lying. The lies compund and become so twisted and perverted that there is no truth left to the story.

As a kid I was lied to and promises were broken and it hurt. That is when I made it my mantra to be as honest as humanly possible.

It just seems to me if you're doing what you should be doing and living by the laws of God and humanity there should be no reason to lie cuz your doing the right thing. IMHO

Love & God Bless
lildee