We lie to ourselves about people we care about, when we don’t want to believe the deeper messages behind their behavior.
We’ll say, “Oh, he’s just kidding. He doesn’t really mean that,” even though the comment was a bit sexist. Or we’ll ignore the unnecessary details about a character’s race in our friend’s story, because we don’t want to believe that they could possibly be racist. We may ignore red flags in our new love interest’s stories, because we want to believe that how they were with others means nothing. Of course, with us it will be different.
What I realized today is that far too often we ignore what we see. Or better yet, I realize that I far too often ignore what I notice because I want to believe the best about a person. And maybe you do it, too.
On today’s podcast episode I talk about this in regard to some sensitive topics. I express my opinions about some things that can be polarizing, and I get real vulnerable about some things that I’m not proud of. But at this point in my life, I’d rather be honest and address the “elephant in the room.” Trying to go around my truths just makes it harder to tell the story and it’s not worth it to me. I want you to get the point, so sometimes I end up telling more than I planned. (Oh well.) 😂
So anyway, if any of this resonated (or you’re just nosy), please press play above. 🤣
Blessings!
Marlene Dillon Empowerment Specialist
MDillon Designs & Publishing 