The best things in life are real

I am madly in love with the word real, actually no it’s not just love but it’s want, need and crave all in one. I depend upon it for survival and to me it is right up there with air and water. My life unfolded in such a way that I developed a super power, my (pardon the profanity) bullshit meter. When I’m untrue, or I deceive, my physical body reacts, until I sputter or blurt out the truth. I do it kindly. The thing is, I’m not special because your life has done the same thing for you; you too have such a meter whether you hear it, listen to it, or not. This may not be news to you, at the very least I hope this serves as a reminder of its salience.

In the context of relationships, we urge honesty and truthfulness because sadly, untruths are everywhere; some folks outright lie to their partners. Some partners feel they have no choice but to go along because to not will unleash a whole lot of difficult, emotional pain or chaos. Sometimes the lie is the day-to-day routine that transpires where no real truths are exchanged, where the finest parts of our humanness, like passion, compassion or joy, don’t see the light of day. Sometimes, the lies we tell are to ourselves. It could be things like telling yourself and others that you’re “fine” when you aren’t, or saying your relationship or marriage is okay, when there’s a tiny voice inside of you whispering, no, it is not.

So I implore you all to recognize, befriend and embrace your own bullshit meters. Celebrate your decipherer, get to know it well, salute it, extract sage knowledge from it and take its messages to the bank. Whatever it tells you is a sacred gift. Why? It's simple, because we owe it to ourselves to fully enjoy the very best life has to offer. I assure you, there is no greater or more deserving place to be, than in the real.

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