The Pain of Honesty

Telling the truth can be painful.

It’s hard to sit in front of someone and be vulnerable about the way we're feeling.

To bear our hearts and say the thing that’s been hiding in the corners of our mouths.

The things that you barely have courage to admit to yourself.

It’s hard to sit and know that there’s a messy truth that needs to come out.

A messy, sticky and seemingly confusing truth.

Yet it’s letting the healing waters flow that we get free from our self-imposed isolation.

It’s letting someone get close enough, see enough, hear enough of your truth to actually feel another person’s presence in your life.

Refuting the compulsion to keep people just at arms length.

Letting someone see you cry about the same thing over and over again.

Letting someone watch you fall, get back up and fall again without feeling shame over your story.

There is healing in honesty.

There’s freedom in the release of emotion, fear, words that feel heavy and scary.

Words like

“I did it again”

"I'm scared"

“I still don’t understand”

"I drank too much last night"

“It’s been three weeks and I still can’t let it go”

"I was wrong"

“I can’t see you anymore”

“I love you”

"I still love you"

“I need you”

"I'm sorry"

"I'm not OK"

"I'm still not OK"

Let someone hear your heart.

Open the door to your truth.

Hiding those words inside your chest is actually hurting you more than it is protecting you.

Isolation isn't the answer.

Even if it’s just a little bit every day; the pain of vulnerability is worth the risk of whatever it is that you fear.

The freedom that comes out of coming to terms with your life and the way you feel is not only priceless, but it's necessary.

Open up today.

Your heart worth the risk.

With love,

Gracie