Family: Honesty Causes Fewer Wrinkles

Honesty Causes Fewer Wrinkles

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Honesty Causes Fewer Wrinkles

Have you noticed that though many of our relationships start out with such promise, something often happens, causing them to quickly go downhill? Perhaps you’ve seen friends wondering about someone they've spent time getting to know, only to find out that person was less than completely honest with them?

For repparttar most part, we all start with repparttar 111023 best intentions of meeting someone, pursuing a fun friendship that leads to a light romance that may someday culminate in repparttar 111024 love of our life. But it doesn't always work that way, does it? Sometimes it doesn't even get as far as meeting in person. And what is repparttar 111025 culprit? In many cases, honesty, or repparttar 111026 lack thereof. Someone isn't quite telling repparttar 111027 truth about who they are, what they are doing, or why they act repparttar 111028 way they do.

In online dating, we need to be especially diligent in helping fight repparttar 111029 dishonesty battle. That’s because all an online acquaintance may know and understand about you for some time is whatever you decide to reveal to that person. We need to be carefully and gently honest. No one wants to get involved with a too zealously honest brute or brutesse. But most of us have a low tolerance for dishonesty. The dishonesty can range from our descriptions of who we really are, to how many potential partners are being pursued at repparttar 111030 same time, to lies for no apparent reason.

Every person wants to put his or her best foot forward. But please, make sure it’s repparttar 111031 foot attached to your own leg! I heard one woman say a suitor told her that he “owned a textile business.” In reality, he delivered paper towels. We all wish to be seen in repparttar 111032 best light possible for as long as possible, but early in dating and throughout repparttar 111033 relationship we should be getting to know each other as we really are.

When we’re dishonest, whatever repparttar 111034 reason may be, it narrows our path. We then have to remember repparttar 111035 lie and try to conform to it. We are less “free” with our loved one than before telling repparttar 111036 lie. The side effects of repparttar 111037 lie are almost always fatal to repparttar 111038 relationship, and, it’s just wrong. The listener takes in repparttar 111039 lie and very often recognizes it instantly for what it is. To avoid giving offense, they won't call their friend on repparttar 111040 dishonesty. If they did, repparttar 111041 relationship would end instantly, because who wants to date someone that has called them a liar? But left unaddressed, it’s like a pebble in a pair of running shoes. The shoes should be ready for repparttar 111042 long run, but knowing you’ve been lied to irritates and agitates.

Memories of an old porch swing

Written by Rick Rouse

An old porch swing has a unique charm, providing an abundance of relaxing, down-home country atmosphere regardless of where one happens to live. Some of my fondest memories revolve around repparttar

old, worn swing that used to adorn repparttar 111022

front porch of my childhood home.

I vividly remember my mom sitting in that old porch swing as twilight settled in, carefully watching over us kids as we scampered around repparttar 111023 yard chasing "lighting bugs" and listening to our own squeals of delight several times as they echoed back and forth between repparttar 111024 hills and down repparttar 111025 "holler".

With eight kids to feed (and often a friend or two), she would usually be breaking beans, shelling peas, shucking corn, or preparing some other vegetables that she had picked from repparttar 111026 garden earlier in repparttar 111027 day. And of course she would be humming one of her favorite old hymns.

I also remember how my dad would sit in that same old swing on a lazy Sunday afternoon, enjoying repparttar 111028 cool breeze while strumming his guitar and singing a country or gospel tune. He could play with repparttar 111029 best of them, but only for his and our personal enjoyment, not money, even though he easily could have.

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