Stomping out lies and voids

I read a quote today that said, "When you are free to be open and available, with nothing held back, no lies, no witholds or half-truths, you really are your most expressive, most alive self."

That's true. When I read it, I can feel a sense of weight lifted off my chest. I'm tired of avoiding people just because I might hurt their feelings if I tell them that they suck or I don't want to be around them? But what really is the rock to build a life on? Truth. I want to live a life of truth. The people in my life may not even know, but I'm a compulsive liar. But that doesn't mean I speak dishonestly. I withold expression. I lie by omission.

I want to fill the voids of omission and avoidance with real, courageous, audacious, genuine, and authentic truth. If it's painful to everyone else, that's their problem! My life is better if I can lay down a stone path of truth and honesty. And it's about time I start laying down my own path, wherever it leads. So long as it's based on truth, I will follow it wherever it goes.

But what about things I don't want to share? Surely there are some things in my life that are better kept to myself! Perhaps, but I know when I'm holding back. I know what lies allow other people to trample on me. I know what lies make me into a carpet. Those are the ones to start with. Which truths, if shared or communicated effectively, could make my life better. So much better that I step to the edge of reality and can feel which way I'm called to go next.

I want to live a life of truth to come alive and awake.