By the time we are 6 or 7 years old, from parental criticism and sometimes worse, and from other people and events that treat us harshly in our lives, we feel the pain they cause us and we lose our childlike innocence and candor and create a protective veneer. Within that protective veneer not only are we not necessarily honest with others, we may not be honest with ourselves.
In this Journal, I will attempt to strip away my protective veneer to view and communicate honestly what the truth is as I perceive it. My intent is to grow, for without an honest evaluation of the truth, how else can one fully absorb life's more difficult lessons and benefit by them. If I do this in secret, then I am still hiding behind a protective veneer, so it is being published online. If you find this Journal, you are welcome to read it and hopefully grow from it as well. If you like, you can also share some of your own lessons in life.
Dick
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