Daily Truth Feb. 3, 2022
The truth will reveal people’s true character, or more accurately, their lack of it.
This past year was a roller coaster for myself and my family. Not a lot different than the upheavals most people have felt during the chaos of the past two years, but different in that most of our discomfort stemmed from us telling the truth.
There are a lot of people who don’t like how honest I am, especially those who are dishonest actors. Astonishingly, these people dislike my honesty enough to have threatened my husband’s livelihood in order to shut me up.
It didn’t work.
Quite the opposite was the result. After months of quarreling and contention within our marriage, and endless discussion on how silence would be the easier route, we both stood our ground and decided we will always choose truth because we have integrity. Little did anyone know that our happiness comes from our integrity, not a paycheck, a title or any outside factors. Little did anyone realize in nearly 30 years of life together, we’ve buried a daughter, been so broke we couldn’t afford groceries until a next paycheck, lived apart, broken one another’s hearts and we always come out the better for it. Idle threats from cowards were nothing compared to the storms we’ve weathered.
Silence is the breeding ground of cowardice and lies. Those who choose to stay silent when faced with injustice, become the perpetrators themselves. Even worse so in that they agree to lies because it makes their lives easier. They choose comfort over character. They choose conformity over their comrades.
This week, I’m resharing our #1 downloaded podcast episode in the two year history of EML Radio. I am eternally grateful we recorded this episode together, not knowing at the time it would be the tool that allowed us to see the cowards squirm out of their holes in the ground and show their faces in the light of day.
Truth is an invaluable tool. It will always reveal true character.
Be sure to give this one a listen if you haven’t yet or a revisit if you have. It’s worth the reminder to stand up for what is right.
And next week…big news!!! EML Radio will now include full video on YouTube of all episodes!