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In all you do, make sure you’re not lying to yourself. You can low-key fool everybody and even get away with it, but you can’t fool yourself forever. The truth will always catch up with you.

This thing is usually portrayed a lot in novels and movies, where a character keeps denying reality until they can’t anymore, or until the backlash hits heavy. And I’m always screaming at them from the other side of the screen (lol), to just admit the truth.

But aside from movie characters, you and I are not always honest with ourselves. We tend to run away from uncomfortable truths, until it becomes crucial, life-threatening, or simply too late.

But as people, we should do better. Sweeping honesty under the carpet while we play pretend is not going to help us. In fact, it does more harm than good, because it’s like running away from a problem that will eventually catch up with you. My boss would always say, “The problem you ran from today, what’s your strategy to solve it tomorrow?”

Dearest reader, if running won’t fix things, or make the problem disappear in the first place, why don’t we sit down and do the work? Why don’t we face our fears head-on and confront our insecurities?

Running, ignoring, and pretending is only a short-term solution to a long-term problem. Be honest with yourself today. It might be uncomfortable, but it could also be one of the best things you ever do for yourself.

@favvy_Okwans🖤.