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Old Dec 01, 2011, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 3rdTimesTheCharm View Post
I would say that when you feel like you can accept what people say at face value, life takes a lot less energy and uses up a lot less angst.
Anne
But doesn't that work only when people are being honest and forthright? I knew someone who lied constantly. We had lots of conversations about it. Finally, I decided that we had processed his instinct to lie and I took the leap to trust and to accept what he said 'at face value'. It had a serious impact on me when I learned he continued his lying ways.