Lay it on me. I'll dry off later.

I've been flooded with a lot of thoughts and feelings lately and I guess they're just coming out sporadically. Thankfully, they are coming as fully formed ideas and phrases. My last blog was about the way I handle change and the occasional change in relationships. Today, right now actually, I was thinking about people trying to hide things in a way of protection.

I feel like this has been a sudden theme occurring within my group of friends and I realize this is probably slightly dangerous to post this up as a blog but if anyone knows me well enough, they know that I am brutally honest sometimes. Yes, it gets me in trouble a lot but I'd rather be honest than never speak a word of truth. And that's exactly what I wanted to talk about.

You can hide things from people. There are times where protecting people from the truth seems like a good idea. But is it? Really? "You don't want to see them get hurt" may sound like a justifying phrase in that moment of time but let's take a look into the future. The secret gets out, the truth always finds a way into our lives and then they find out that you've kept it from them this whole time. Now you've got triple the pain and a loss of trust.

Yes, the truth hurts. It really does. We've all been there. But personally, I would rather face the truth than not know it at all. If I needed protection from the dark, ugly, and dangerous world, I would higher a bodyguard or Rambo or maybe even Schwarzenegger himself. However, I don't think it's that serious. Honesty can get us into trouble sometimes, but I'd rather have a clear conscience than have a mind hidden in the shadows.

I like being drenched in a storm... You know what I mean? You don't have to shelter me. Just let me face the truth and I'll dry off later.