Subject: Hate
Time: 10 minutes

They say the truth shall set you free. Some people say that you cannot handle the truth. I for one am all about the truth. Well, not quite. I actually appreciate the truth. I’ll tell you the truth if you ask me. I’ll give it to you straight, no chaser. Most people cannot tell the truth if their life depended on it. Not because they don’t understand what the truth is. But more so, they cannot handle the truth itself because it will either put them in a bad spot or make them look like a bad person. Or perhaps the truth that they fear is what will keep them from growing as a person. This is where the truth shall set you free. It will allow you to let go of the burden that has been weighing down on you for so long. it will free your mind of the worry that has been causing grey to show in you hair. That which has caused those extra lines in your forehead or around your eyes. We run from the truth because the truth can reveal so much about us that we have no intention of showing other folk. That we try to hide from the light of day because we find comfort in that truth as long as its the truth we are only aware of. Am I making any sense here at all? Please tell me if you understand. I work in a corporate environment where lying is expected. Where we tell people half truths, but not the whole truth. Where most of us are aware of the truth yet some of us find it easier to tell a lie. I never liked corporate environments. But I’m here. Last night I received a phone call about one of my favorite people telling the truth about our lazy manager. She was confronted with the truth and looked like a dear caught in headlights because she couldn’t understand why someone would call her out on the truth. The truth that she is lazy. Not fit for the job. A truth that she herself is aware of yet probably is too much of a punk to admit to. But when the truth is forced down your throat you can do but so much. Perhaps swallow it whole and cry about it. Or embrace it and own it. Live it and learn it. And be free of all that worry that you’ve carried around. Because once you let the truth set you free you can accomplish so much. The truth hurts. I think it only hurts when you allow it to. I told my friend the truth about himself the other day. I haven’t spoken to him since. I told him that he causes problems for himself. I told the truth. I probably lost a friend over the truth but what kind of friend would I be if I didn’t tell my friend the truth? What kind of person would that make me? I think I’m reaching at this point but I have three minutes left. OK… So here we have the truth commercials and I watch them and find them funny. I watch them with smokers who laugh at them and think Oh my… Is it really that bad as they continue to puff away? And then I see the lady with no fingers and her truth that she can no longer change a light bulb. She was aware about the truth of cigs but she decided to smoke anyway. She not only was aware of the truth but she chose to ignore it. It cost her her the fingers. The finders she took for granted. Funny how that work outs? The truth is on the side of a pack of cigarettes and we still don’t take heed to it. Like those times when someone tells you that they are a bad person and you don’t believe them. I warned you… I’m a snack. But now I bit you and you act like I’m wrong. Snakes bit. That is the truth. You chose to ignore it and now you’re sunk. The truth that they are a snake has set you free to understand that you are bit. Times UP. Can you handle the truth?

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