Category Archives: Speak Truth with Compassion

As I’m riding my bike along the ocean on this 3rd of 12 significant days of 2015, The Who’s song plays over and over in my head:

I’m free – I’m free,
And freedom tastes of reality,
I’m free – I’m free,
And I’m waiting for you to follow me.

Checking the truth of this, I ask myself, “Really? Am I free?”
I hear a resounding “Yes!”
“What am I free from?” I ponder.
“From the shoulds, ought to’s and have to’s of my past.”
This is good.”What else?”
“The truth sets me free.” Seems a bit trite. Yet it reminds me that since the inception of the Revolutionary Agreements nearly 30 years ago, I have been practicing the Agreement to speak my truth, with compassion. For me that meant showing up fully authentically instead of saying what I thought would please others. Oh yes, that has set me free!

Today I recommit to that Agreement and take it to a new level. I realize that the truth of my highest self is what I wish to hear and speak. I no longer feel compelled to “fix” others (nothing to fix!), express uninvited opinions, or speak my projected judgments on another.