DAILY RECOVERY READINGS FOR MEN

[MajestyJo]

Monday, August 19, 2013

You are reading from the book Touchstones

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.
—Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Many of us grew up in situations that required us to be constantly on our guard. We became so keenly attuned to the people around us and how to please them or avoid their anger that we lost contact with our inner messages. Rather than developing skills for drawing upon our inner resources, we developed skills for looking outward and reacting to whatever confronted us. This method of survival may have been necessary in the past while we were under stress, but it doesn't allow us any rest or the possibility of simply following what we know and feel is right.

We are learning to know what we think and feel and to express it, even if it isn't always what others want to hear. We can be spontaneous now because we have room for mistakes in our lives. Our relationships are more reliable, and we have more energy from sincerity than from always striving to make a good appearance.

Today, it is more important for me to be sincere than to be on my guard.

The concept gave me pause for thought. When you are nit sincere, you are going through the motions, perhaps to look good, yet in reality, it is a mask, role playing, and far from being honest. The con trying to con the con. It is hard to remember all your lies, and when you repeat them over and over again, you begin to believe them. Definitely energy misplaced and gone to waste, because you get nothing out of it.