by Ojo Oluwakemi

Created on: June 08, 2010

Truth is mainly, the most important of all virtues of a man. Being truthful is a genuine quality of character, most untainted and plain sincerity. It has so many meanings but to sum up it all, it is the way of nature.

Truth is helpful to our mental paraphernalia, its free flowing, structured, and perfectly likely and natural. Someone who is very truthful in every way can be trusted for everything. Learning more about truth is very essential most especially the young ones, we should try and learn what truth is all about and apply it to every aspect of our lives because it is a visa to success.

Freedom comes when you understand and speak the truth. Even the bible said it, that we shall know the truth and it shall set use free. No matter how depressed, miserable and scared, the truth makes you look at first; the bottom line is that at the end of the day, you will be free from all troubles and worries. There is peace of mind and a heart lift whenever the truth is being said.

A friend of mine used to say that there are so two kinds of truth, the full-truth and the half-truth; The full-truth is when you speak the whole truth without leaving anything out, making sure there is honesty and sincerity in everything you said while the half-truth is when some of what you speak are true and the other half are false because you are trying to protect yourself or someone else.

Well, I don't believe in that, I believe the truth is truth; Truth cannot be broken down into pieces. You either stand on the rocky position of solid truth or the swift sands of untruthfulness and deception. When you want to speak the truth, then you speak it fully, if you don’t speak the full truth then you are not being truthful. Truth cannot be broken down into pieces.

Fear is the only thing that may prevent us from being truthful and it is an expression of a fickle soul, you should not allow it to dominate or govern your life because it will wreck everything if allowed. Therefore, truth should your way of life because falseness will always come back for haunting.

I know, it's very difficult to speak the truth sometimes, but it is healthier to eventually achieve something speaking the truth than be a successful person within a short period of time just for speaking lies.

Let the truth dwell in your heart, soul and mind because a truthful being is always bound to win.

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