Think on these things

I am a very honest person, sometimes too honest. Sometimes after I say something I think back and wonder if I really should have said that. I don't hide things. I don't lie. I am who I am and I let whoever cares to know, and even those who don't, know. You are supposed to guard your heart and yet sometimes I wear it on my sleeve. I'm not sure if those two contradict or support each other. And I don't know if doing this is a good thing or a bad thing.

But consider this...

Why is it that we hold back our feelings? Hold back our emotions? Hold back words?
Why when asked something sometimes we feel the need to fabricate the truth, tell a story or omit things?
Why do we basically portray to others a life different from the one we are living?

Why have some people done this so frequently that the truth becomes forgotten, and the entire life lived is just one big lie?

Imagine if everyone just said what is on their mind, no holding back and no lying. I'm not talking saying mean stuff to people... I'm talking if you have a feeling, an emotion, a need, something you want to say- you say it. Let it out there. Imagine if everyone did this. Wouldn't it stop all the wondering? The second guessing? The lack of closure or need for explanation? The worrying and stressing what the other person is thinking or doing? 

Now imagine if we guided our thoughts to those which were positive hence all we said was mainly positive, aside from occasional venting about things we cannot control. We would build each other up. We would both give and receive encouragement and support. We would be filled with the blessing of love. 

I'm trying to do this, the positive aspect of it. It certainly doesn't work alone but I do believe it spreads in the way that a pay it forward would. So pay it forward with kindness, with truth, with love.

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Philippians 4:8