Speaking the Truth to Power

 Wednesday, September 09, 2015

One of my favorite West Wing episodes is the one where they hand Will Bailey something that's a piece of doo-doo, tell him it's the President's idea and then put him in a room with The Man to see if he's up to truly staffing a powerful man. Will he call a buffalo chip for what it is?

We face similar decisions every day with our eating and exercise. In our heart of hearts, we KNOW if we phoned in a workout, we KNOW whether we measured or eye-balled, we KNOW if we flat out picked something up that's not on plan, we KNOW whether we sat down and savored or shoveled mindlessly!

Hey, even if you picked something up that's not on plan, shouldn't you enjoy it?

• Do we tell ourselves the TRUTH about what we did?
• Do we tell ourselves KINDLY? Do we exaggerate?
• Or do we do a Joe Friday, "Just the Facts, Ma'am"?

And once we have the facts, what do we do with them? Do we use them as something to be disheartened about? Or do we FIX IT?

I vote for fixing it, how about you? Speak the truth to yourself, and then fix it... go back to what works. Call that "normal" and the stuff you have to fix an aberration. And go back to normal. Because normal works!

• That said, today's bag is packed. Remember to eat what's in it, because THAT's normal.
• Remember to go to recess.
• And Speak the Truth to the powerful person that is YOU: "well done! Good job! You get Credit for that choice!" 

These truths are a lot more pleasant to communicate, and the beauty of them is that YOU have the power to make them true!

Live just TODAY, for LIFE is served up one day at a time!