What if you knew you were lying to yourself and you couldn't bring yourself to the truth? Would you go on living that lie or try to force the truth out
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I've thought about the same thing when it comes to religion: Would I rather ignore what the facts say and be happy where I am, or accept the truth and possibly have a more stark life in return?
It doesn't have one objective answer; it's different depending on who you ask (which I have).
But I'm one that has to have the truth, no matter what. Integrity ranks higher than even happiness for me. It's not a perfect world, but at least I'm not lying to myself...
Not knowing your situation, though, it sounds like you've already TRIED living with the lie, and that hasn't worked out well for you so far. You're just wondering if you're strong enough to head to the other extreme and risk losing the ones you love. That's a tough road to take, too, and perhaps not one where you can return to the "fork" in the road if you wanted to.
So definitely give it more thought before heading down that way, but something tells me you'll eventually need to "force the truth out".
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I've thought about the same thing when it comes to religion: Would I rather ignore what the facts say and be happy where I am, or accept the truth and possibly have a more stark life in return?
It doesn't have one objective answer; it's different depending on who you ask (which I have).
But I'm one that has to have the truth, no matter what. Integrity ranks higher than even happiness for me. It's not a perfect world, but at least I'm not lying to myself...
Not knowing your situation, though, it sounds like you've already TRIED living with the lie, and that hasn't worked out well for you so far. You're just wondering if you're strong enough to head to the other extreme and risk losing the ones you love. That's a tough road to take, too, and perhaps not one where you can return to the "fork" in the road if you wanted to.
So definitely give it more thought before heading down that way, but something tells me you'll eventually need to "force the truth out".
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