We Lie Loudest When..
December 1, 2008 by BloggerNewbie
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“Monday Motivation!”
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
- Eric Hoffer
Isn’t that the truth! No pun intended. I have always wondered how exactly do people lie to themselves? When you lie to others, you are quite possibly the only one who knows the difference. But when you lie to yourself? How can that be, you know the truth. So how can you lie to yourself?
Unfortunately, you can lie to yourself easily, When you don’t want to do something, you can conveniently convince yourself that you aren’t capable of doing it. It’s too hard, or you don’t have time right now and you have other more important things to do, etc. Frequently, your lies are excuses.
Do you lie to yourself if you are afraid to do something, afraid of failure? You lie to yourself and say you didn’t really want to do that anyway.
Often, when the opportunity has passed, you are sorry that you lied to yourself. One of those moments you regret. Do you want to look back over your life and have regrets? Inevitably, we all have regrets. Some can be avoided. Take a chance, believe in yourself. You owe it to yourself.
Can you tell when you are lying to yourself? Are they often disguised as excuses? Or are they actually the loudest when we lie to ourselves?
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That’s a good attitude to have. I am going to figure out “what do I REALLY want” and start taking action toward it instead of spending my time wondering why I don’t have it. Sometimes what you SAY you really want isn’t necessarily what you really want and actions speak louder than words right?
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