Tag: honesty
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As Good as your Word: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Held Against You
I believe that a person’s word should be good enough. I refuse to put my hand on a Bible and swear to tell the truth. I refuse to swear to tell the truth, period. I believe that my word is good enough. In fact, I find the act of having to “swear” I’m telling the…
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Players and Game Players
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Life in the Third Degree. Being a woman, I don’t find that age-old question of “What do women want?” to be so hard. I know perfectly well what I want, though I’ll admit that it took on-the-job-training to understand what I don’t want. What men want is another…
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Can You Look at Yourself in the Mirror?
Self-Portrait, April 2010 I will believe in honor. I will not become jaded. From the Bookshelf Shielding Techniques for Empaths — practical protection against negative energy for the person who feels everything. Available direct from the author → I will not lose my compassion. I will not be a victim. I will conduct my relationships…
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My Kingdom for an Honest Man!
I have developed a tremendous appreciation for honest men. Not honesty wielded as a weapon or as a shield but more like a cup of clear water for a thirsty woman. Relationships are the best place to see honesty in action—and the different interpretations of honesty and the different rationales for deception. Abuse is never…
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The Irony of Truth
Someone recently accused me of lying about something, and the true irony was that, of all the people involved, I was the only one who wasn’t lying. That accusation actually hurt my feelings—a lot—because I’d insisted on honesty and openness from the very beginning and thought I’d established a fine history of truth and trust…
