"Honesty"

My cheating post of a few days ago somehow got me thinking about honesty in all it's iterations, but most particularly how the word applies to the way I have lived my life, and in some cases continue to do so.  I compiled several quotes that struck some kind of chord in my world, and by that I mean they are relevant to me.  Perhaps a few of them will be of value to you as well.

"Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence."---Lemuel K. Washburn

"Honesty does not always bring a response of love, but it is absolutely essential to it."---Ray Blanton

'Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble."---Hugh Prather

"Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving."---James E. Faust

"The person who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more."---Richard J. Needham

"Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion."---Brooke Shields

And I could tell you why I have honesty on the brain, but I'll just beat around that bush by telling you that it's triggered by someone else's actions, but inevitably got me thinking about mine.  I'm not as honest as I'd like to be, but not to worry cause I got a thousand reasons for it.  :)

One place I am totally honest is in my training.  I work as hard as I can, and I never make excuses.   And that kind of tenacity is gonna get me through my health concerns,  Either I will conquer them, or if not, I will conquer any sense of failure that comes out of it.  

And while I've certainly not given up on a complete return to form, it's starting to look more and more like some compromise may be in order....but not yet!!

Yesterday I spent 165 minutes on my bike, and while it was not fast, it did at least make my ass sore.  Today I had the luxury of swimming 2000 metres while listening to Pearl Jam and others, on my new waterproof music player.  Very, very cool!!  I also managed to drag my ass around the block to complete the 2 day triathlon.  I'm gonna try very hard to take tomorrow completely off so that I can tackle another long run on saturday  They're promising sunshine!!  They better be right!

And that's it for today.  Try to be honest.  And try to be kind in your honesty, both to yourself and to others. 

swim 2000 metres, run 7.5 kms

...I quiver the same as Albert...

"Every time somebody speaks of my honesty, there is someone who quivers inside me."---Albert Camus

Love

Peter