The Truth is a Dare

Just the other day, De and I were having a conversation where he mentioned that not everybody wants to hear the truth about themselves from somebody else because they already know it and they dont necessarily want to look into that mirror with their lover.

That got me thinking.. As a person I have always pushed limits. I have never taken no for an answer and I have ever taken a rejection so hard that it stopped me from trying again. And most of the time, it has worked in my favour, and I try to keep myself in the company of people who have the guts to show me the mirror of truth because that keeps me grounded and real. I appreciate what is formed under pressure. I also realize that I like to push the physical, mental and spiritual limits of the people I have been with and I seek the truth. So I dig. I dig deep to go where no-one has gone before. I dig till I find the root of the problem. I dig till I find what they are made up of. And I am relentless until I find the truth. And then when I do I find out the truth, its not usually a pretty picture. It needs refining. Before I can understand what I have uncovered, it has to go through the process of transformation. It has to undergo metamorphosis.

Stones are split, the gems are shaped and polished, oil is refined, ores are smelted and hammered. Arduous as this work might be, it is perhaps easier and more straightforward than the refinement of ores from the inner world in which most of us toil. Its hard work, it takes a toll. It makes us fight. It makes us break. Its painful. Its uncomfortable. I know its hard and you must think that its not worth it to pursue it and you just want to walk away to your peaceful cave. But stop... Dont walk away. Stay with me for a bit. I know you dont understand but you will if you stay a little longer and have faith in the process so that you can withstand the tolls of change. Change is good. Change is the only thing that will change you. You cant run away now. The process has started.

But to start this process, you need to be able to hear the truth. The truth is the key that unlocks the unpleasant door of the process one must undergo to be the best that they can ever be. Only the truth can set us free from our insecurities. Because when we have the courage to face them in the eye and challenge their existence, they turn to dust. Because they were never real anyways. They existed because we were so wrapped up in ourselves that we could not see the truth that was right in front of us. It was begging for you to listen to it. It was asking you to jump free from the shakles of lies that you had believed to be true that is holding you back from living your true life potential.

The truth is a dare and I dare you to embrace it..