You have an opportunity to live your truth. Not the agenda that someone else has for you, but your truth.
Before you can live the truth you have to tell the truth. And the first person to whom you must tell the truth is yourself. Maybe it begins as a whisper, a response to that tiny voice inside that nudges you when you are not living your truth. Living your truth begins with telling the truth. Telling the truth in a civilization of deceit is truly a revolutionary act. Committing yourself to telling the truth can change your life, rock your world, and transform who you are.
Teach your children to tell the truth as well. You teach them by modeling the truth, both in word and action. You teach them to tell the truth by validating and encouraging them when they do tell the truth. You teach them by gently requiring them to tell the truth, without a big lecture or dramatic demand. Rather use a firm and gentle voice requiring the truth and most importantly, let them see you tell the truth always.