Truth Speaker
There comes a point in life when it’s easy to believe we have it figured out.
We look around.
We admire how far we’ve come.
We remember where we started and feel a sense of arrival.
That isn’t always wrong.
Gratitude matters.
Thanksgiving keeps success from turning sour.
But confidence has a mortal weakness built into it.
We’re human.
We can all lose our way.
Every one of us slowly recenters life around our own voice if no one interrupts it.
What we need is not more affirmation.
We need accountability.
Someone who knows us well enough to notice the shift.
Someone who loves us enough to speak when we’ve lost our center.
Someone who tells the truth even when it costs them comfort.
The most dangerous season isn’t failure.
It’s success without a truth speaker nearby.
Because growth without correction eventually becomes pride.
And pride rarely announces itself.
It just slowly replaces listening.
I am learning to value the people who tell me what I don’t want to hear.
Not critics.
Not commentators.
Trusted voices who care more about my soul than my image.
Proverbs 27:6
“Wounds from a friend can be trusted.”
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