What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence
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by Michele Filgate
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#BreakingTheSilence #Memoir #Anthology #Emotion #Healing #Honesty #Resilience #booksky #relationship
#Christians should speak #truth to one another and bear witness to truth in the world.
If we cannot prove trustworthy in our speech and behavior about things in this world, how could we expect anyone in the world trust us when we testify about the Lord Jesus Christ?
#Honesty and #trustworthiness should feature prominently in our reputation as Christians. We do well to resist lying, cheating, swindling, and all forms of deceit.
My wife and I have decided that we do not want children. It was a difficult decision but we're telling them tonight.
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Switzerland and Trust
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A few days ago I was waiting for friends to catch a train to go on a hike and I forgot to start easyride before the start of the train journey. As soon as I realised I started the app but when I arrived one stop away it was ignored. If the friends had been on time I would have started the tracking sooner.
To be clear it's the SBB app that chose not to charge me for the journey I forgot to start tracking from the start. If it had looked at the time I started moving, and the train that started at the same time, then it could have extrapolated the ride I had tried to pay for.
On the same day I parked the car in the Park and Rail parking and paid for the entire day, despite staying for a few hours, so what I did not pay on the train journey was compensated for. The RTS has an article on the topic of people not paying.
It flows the other way too. Months ago I took a train from Point A to Point B, and then drove to Point C before I realised that I had forgotten to stop easyride tracking so I sent a message to the app maker to let them know of that error. As I was within a tarif zone it made no difference, other than statistical for them.
This weekend I caught the train for a single stop and this time I made sure to start tracking the journey before the train arrived, and I stopped tracking when I started hiking. I didn't make that mistake twice.
Switzerland is a nation where trust is part of life. Since childhood I have seen newspaper boxes where you're trusted to put the right change to get self-service newspapers. In recent years you can get Apple juice, apples, grapes, and more from self-service shops. You can even get coffee, tea and more. It's all based on the ideal that people are honest and trustworthy.
When you go to Décathlon, coop and Migros, to name a few you're trusted to self-checkout without mistakes and this is great. It means that you can enter a shop, get what you want, scan it, go, pay, and leave, without any need for conversation.
Occasionally there is a spot check so they could detect if you make mistakes. If you make too many, trust declines.
If you know at what time you're travelling you can buy a "billet dégriffé" for a specific train at a specific time on a specific route. The demi tarif also pays for itself within a few train journeys. There is no valid reason for not paying for a train journey.
With trust we can shop for food, sporting items, and catch trains without being checked for tickets. With trust we can board a bus or train without having to pass by a controller. Without trust we have to queue, and wait for others to be served before we are. I like that we are trusted to be honest.
A man must be excessively stupid, as well as uncharitable, who believes that there is no virtue but on his own side, and that there are not men as honest as himself who may differ from him in political principles.
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-12-08), The Spectator, No. 243
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/addison-joseph/1442/
403 Forbidden, indeed! In a groundbreaking exposé on the profound impact of NOT bribing your way to the top, we learn...absolutely nothing because #nginx is the real #MVP here, blocking our view of any potential life-altering #insights. 
Apparently, #honesty is good for #business, but access to this article isn't. 
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/why-the-law-against-business-bribes-is-good-for-business/ #403Forbidden #HackerNews #ngated
'One life at church, another in real life?'
Being real with God and others isn't just an option - it's essential for authentic faith. Time to drop the mask and embrace genuine Christianity!
Since COVID, it seems we've lost our minimum bar: there are no parameters to define acceptable behavior anymore.
A lot / enough of society thinks whack-a-doos like this are some form of "normal". They're not! 
In the movie Ryan's Daughter, Michael, a man from the village and played superbly by John Mills, was an honest genuine soul that understood respect, in spite of all his challenges. A novel concept for many these days ...
Canadian politics isn't about who gets to play banker and real estate agent and he/she who bankrupts all the other players is the winner. It's about making a level playing field for all as we help those in need.
Record $30 million in lost cash turned in to #Tokyo police in 2024
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250304/p2g/00m/0na/028000c
What Moments Led You to Question Your Own Goodness?
#SelfReflection #PersonalGrowth #Honesty #GoodPerson #ChallengingBeliefs Hey everyone! 
Let’s get real for a minute. Have you ever had one of those moments that made you step back and question yourself? I mean, really think about whether you’re the kind of person you want to be? 
What triggered that realization for you? For me, it […]
https://mymetric360.com/question/what-moments-led-you-to-question-your-own-goodness/?fsp_sid=57291
Trust isn’t words—it’s actions. dniceee0’s video is proof: When you have nothing to hide, love flourishes. 
#Trust #Relationships #Honesty #BandaTelevision
"Ecclesiastes counsels us to embrace a simple way of life and to be led by doctrines which involve a genuine faith in God. Then we may eat our bread in gladness and drink our wine with a cheerful heart. We will not fall into slanderous speech nor be involved in anything devious; rather we should think that which is right, and, insofar as we can, we should help the poor and destitute with mercy and generosity, truly dedicated to those pursuits and good deeds which please God." ~~~ From a commentary on Ecclesiastes by Saint Gregory of Agrigentum, bishop
(Lib 8,6: PG 98, 1071-1074) in today's Office of Readings
Honesty oaths are most effective if they are specific about the (potentially dishonest) behavior to be controlled, and if the oaths are made immediately before the honesty challenge.
A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
The good and straightforward person should resemble one who stinks of goat, in the sense that whoever comes close will immediately sense him, whether they want to or not.
[τοιοῦτον ὅλως δεῖ τὸν ἁπλοῦν καὶ ἀγαθὸν εἶναι, οἶον γράσωνα, ἵνα ὁ παραστὰς ἅμα τῷ προσελθεῖν, θέλει οὐ θέλει, αἴσθηται.]
Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 11, ch. 15 (11.15) [tr. Needleman/Piazza (2008)
Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/7521…
In the Moon Spell necklace (giveaway until the end of February!), there is a #LunariaAnnua disc. But do you know this #plant? 
Dans le collier Moon Spell (à gagner jusqu'à fin février !), il y a un disque de #Lunaire. Mais connaissez-vous cette #plante ? 
Did you see Compassion in Farming latest Honest Labelling video? they showed members of the public the labels on some meat and egg products followed by images of how the farmed animals would have been raised. Many were shocked by those conditions and the misleading labelling. They were also stunned that cages are still used in the UK - and legally.
https://www.ciwf.org.uk/our-campaigns/honest-labelling/?utm_campaign=labelling&utm_source=email-enews&utm_medium=email#labelling-video
#uk #honesty #agriculture
...la pressione che trova un primo sfogo in "Tormentor"...
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#lpoftheweek #honesty #laxxvora #partisanrecords
http://laxxvora.info/2025/02/19/honesty-lp-of-the-week-lpotw/
To get the votes he needed for confirmation, RFK Jr. promised that he would not change the children’s vaccine schedule.
Now, in his first speech to the Health & Human Services employees (the ones who are still left after he fired thousands of them last weekend), this anti-vax leader of our country’s public health promised that he WOULD investigate the children’s vaccine schedule! “Nothing is going to be off limits!”
And, of course, this statement was made while West Texas is having a #measles outbreak among unvaccinated people. 
https://www.skepticallibrarian.com/2025/02/19/promise-immediately-broken/
