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I’m a Truth-Sayer, mostly because I have a hard enough time keeping reality straight in my head. I can’t add a pack of lies to the mix and have any hope of keeping things straight. Being a Truth-Sayer means that I accidentally offend people with what I say. I used to think this effect was a negative thing.

In this month’s O Magazine, there is an article about telling the truth. The author suggests asking yourself if it’s kind before you ask yourself if it’s true. I don’t have filters enough in my head to judge every word that I say, yet it made sense to me. Putting kindness above truth sounds like a noble thing.

If accidentally offending people is the negative effect of being a Truth-Sayer, earning a tight-knit group of friends that really love me is the benefit. I end up offending the kind of people who can’t have truth spouted at them often, so those kinds of people don’t end up in my group of confidants. I’ve always cursed my tongue that is unable to censor like others can; now it seems to be an asset.