Dear Honesty

I’m including say the hard things that are true. Sharing with others things I might prefer to keep to myself, simply for feeling embarrassed or thinking that what’s important to me isn’t going to be received well by others. That I won’t hear back…I’m so glad you shared this with me. Instead I hear why what’s true for me is either painful for someone else —maybe disappointing or confusing to someone and rather than asking me about it in an effort to understand me more, I only hear the impact on the other. I’m praying that over and over, I will hold my needs as important, whether or not someone else does, and easily speak up.