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Honesty.

 It is fair to say that any good relationship is built on honesty and when honesty goes so does trust. In previous generations faith principles filtered through even to the secular world, but in our post modern times, people in the secular world are almost embarrassed to embrace any kind of spirituality. Kindness and compassion give people something to live for. When someone is kind to you, it lights up your darkness. The darkness isn’t something that you may have chosen for yourself, it’s something that you possibly fell into or something happened to you, leaving your world dark. 


Invite God into your darkness even if you are alone. It may seem strange at first, but as I was saying, we all have a desire for people to be honest with us, and we can be honest with God. Abandonment is another issue that affects many people in the world we live in. You may feel shut out from your social circle, but you are not alone, many people these days feel that they have no real meaningful social connections in real life, I attend a Catholic Church and besides being with others during the mass, I haven’t really built many friendships. It was different when I attended a non-denominational church, I found more friends and felt more unity. 


There was a time in my life, before all this internet stuff, when I was living in a house with some other guys, but I really felt alone. It just so happened that two people I worked with in Toronto, moved in just around the corner from me so I wasn’t totally alone. Have we forgotten how to be honest? I hope not! Relationships thrive when people have something in common, and they are maintained and built by forgiveness, integrity and honesty. The first step in being honest with other people is being honest with yourself. You may have to forgive yourself if others hurt you, and the love you begin to cultivate for yourself, try expressing outwards to others in little ways. Don’t deplete yourself, but also know that the more love you can give out, is a reflection of the kindness you feel towards yourself and possibly the love you can learn to receive from God, despite your pain. This is Mike.


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