Being true to yourself. A virtue that leads to happiness

In life there are many virtues one can acquire in other to achieve a happy and fulfilled life, among those great virtues is the virtue of being true and honest to yourself.

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One thing is to be deceived by others, but being deceived by yourself by continuously lying to yourself and not accepting the truth is a deadly one.
Most of us have gotten use to the blame act that admitting to be wrong now sounds like a belittlement to our personality. Steve Maraboli said...

It’s time to care; it’s time to take responsibility; it’s time to lead; it’s time for a change; it’s time to be true to our greatest self; it’s time to stop blaming others. Steve Maraboli

Being true to yourself is like taking care of yourself. You know yourself better than any other person so why lie to yourself.

I remember back in school, Most of my friends fall on the category of people who reads with the music on. I loved the idea and joined them in reading with music, I was bold and fast to tell any one interested to listen that I too read with music on. During this period I could read a single page five to six times without still having a clear understanding of what I was reading.

At that point I was lying to myself until I decided to talk to myself and quit from reading with the music on. I learnt something then, that we are all different and what works for someone else might obviously not work for you.

Nothing can be more hurtful to your heart than betraying yourself. Roy T. Bennett

Most times this happens to us in life, we follow our friends blindly in what they are doing even when it drives happiness away from us. Being true to oneself comes with many other virtue among which is being humble.
Humility enable us to listen to our inner voice when we are about going astray.

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Bearing in mind that all we do in life ends with the greatest motive of achieving a happy and fulfilled life will enable us to always examine ourselves and answer truthfully to this question.....
How true are you to yourself?.

If you are not satisfied with the answer you get, feel free to make a U turn and work towards it. Always know that your inner happiness should be your utmost priority. Honesty to ourselves and others should be out watchdog.

I still remain your humble friend @swizzyl. Thanks for reading.