www.ambiente.us AUGUST | AGOSTO 2009
EDITORIAL | Loyalty, Friendship and the Truth…
By Herb Sosa
All of us have had friends that tell us things that is intended for our ears and our
ears only, right? All of us have trusted friends with our inner most secrets, too.
Maybe you even know about something really bad your friend did, but you keep
it to yourself or even help cover it up because this is what “good friends” do. As
kids, it was soo much simpler than when we grow up.
The older we get, the more there is at stake in keeping secrets, trusting your
friend’s honesty and intentions, and trying to do the right thing. This is where the
dilemma comes. What is the right thing to do, when others are affected by your
friend’s non-truths, deceptions and even illegalities, and you are caught in the
middle, trying to keep everything going and everyone happy? This can be in a
love triangle, jealousy amongst friends, or a professional quagmire that with the
more you tell, the more screwed up things get. The more you are honest, the
more complicated and affected things get. The more you say, the more people
get hurt.
So what to do?
Which road do you take in Loyalty, Friendship & the Truth?
EDITORIAL | Loyalty, Friendship and the Truth…
By Herb Sosa
All of us have had friends that tell us things that is intended for our ears and our
ears only, right? All of us have trusted friends with our inner most secrets, too.
Maybe you even know about something really bad your friend did, but you keep
it to yourself or even help cover it up because this is what “good friends” do. As
kids, it was soo much simpler than when we grow up.
The older we get, the more there is at stake in keeping secrets, trusting your
friend’s honesty and intentions, and trying to do the right thing. This is where the
dilemma comes. What is the right thing to do, when others are affected by your
friend’s non-truths, deceptions and even illegalities, and you are caught in the
middle, trying to keep everything going and everyone happy? This can be in a
love triangle, jealousy amongst friends, or a professional quagmire that with the
more you tell, the more screwed up things get. The more you are honest, the
more complicated and affected things get. The more you say, the more people
get hurt.
So what to do?
Which road do you take in Loyalty, Friendship & the Truth?
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If there was a simple answer, as
the saying goes, someone would
have bottled it up and made a
million dollars already.
The fact is, there is never a simple
answer, and we must just try to do
our best with what we know who
we trust and who we share it with.
When you are put in a situation by
a “friend” who tells you something
you know is not right or the truth,
you really need to come clean
with it, and not help them along to
spread their lies to others, even if
you think it is for the greater good. Just like pulling off a Band-Aid, you need to do
it right away & fast. Remember: If it was for the greater good, it wouldn't have
been a secret to start off with, and a true “friend” would never ask you, or let you,
lie for them. Only a self-centered, shallow and empty person does this to others
knowingly. Only a person who has lost all sense of right & wrong will continually
and without remorse - keep doing this to others.
If this sounds harsh and personal - it is.
The lies always come out. The truth always wins.
Don’t ever let anyone compromise your honestly.
Your sense of what is right & wrong. Your Truth.
the saying goes, someone would
have bottled it up and made a
million dollars already.
The fact is, there is never a simple
answer, and we must just try to do
our best with what we know who
we trust and who we share it with.
When you are put in a situation by
a “friend” who tells you something
you know is not right or the truth,
you really need to come clean
with it, and not help them along to
spread their lies to others, even if
you think it is for the greater good. Just like pulling off a Band-Aid, you need to do
it right away & fast. Remember: If it was for the greater good, it wouldn't have
been a secret to start off with, and a true “friend” would never ask you, or let you,
lie for them. Only a self-centered, shallow and empty person does this to others
knowingly. Only a person who has lost all sense of right & wrong will continually
and without remorse - keep doing this to others.
If this sounds harsh and personal - it is.
The lies always come out. The truth always wins.
Don’t ever let anyone compromise your honestly.
Your sense of what is right & wrong. Your Truth.
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