Insincere/Straightforward

[~graced~]

Welcome to the start of a new week! ;D

I lived a whole life of insincerity--I hope I've run that one til the wheels came off. I didn't have a whole lot of integrity with anyone--not even myself. I was pretty conscious of how insincere I was being when I made those commitments and promises that I had no intention on keeping.

Today, I like being seen as a person with integrity. Folks know they can come and ask and I'll be forthright with them. If I can't answer, I'll get the information and find an answer for them. I don't even feel it necessary to BS with them when I simply don't know.

I had the high school principal in a meeting with me this afternoon and simply told the truth. Now, I could have given a watered down version and ended up advocating for what I wanted by withholding information or presenting in such a way that manipulation might have happened...I might have even gotten my way. As is, I opted to be straightforward and work towards getting what I wanted instead of BSing to get it now. I'm okay with doing what's required to GET it honestly--more so than I'd be at selling a lie to get what I want NOW.

LOL WHEN did that change?! ;-)

Have a great week out there!

[Lin]

straightforward is often hard to do but I feel so much beter when I do. I think my upbringing years i was so often told to do as I was told...to not talk back....to not have an opinion...etc. So being straightforward when I need to say something is not esy for me.

But I am certainly working on it.
Good chip! thanks.
LIN

[caressa]

One of the greatest healings I have received in this program was the fear of saying and doing the wrong thing. I was always to insecure to trust myself and who I was, and it was very freeing to be able to be who I am in the moment and let old insecurities and fears go.

[Gramm4]

I know that in the days of using, I wasn't
all that straightforward with people. Since coming
into recovery I do my best to be completely open with everyone I come into contact with.


It really has always annoyed me when I found out that someone I had spoken to was not totally straightforward with me. Because I was always lied to as a child, I now do my best to be sincere in everything I now say; or do around others.