We often find ourselves in tight spots at workplace with bosses and colleagues, at home with elders and partners; but more often than not we find ourselves in awkward situations with our own little ones. Their cute faces, curious minds and their endless questions not only amuse us and make us happy, but also at times totally annoy us with the constant bombarding of the questions and just to get away and put a stop we resort to lying. Lying, so we can escape answering and also sometimes when we don’t know what else to say or how to put it across properly. I know I did!! And in such situations, I later felt a surge of guilt seeping through nerves making me feel all horrible about myself. It wasn’t a life threatening sort of situation or anything worse in actual sense, only that choosing the much easier alternative forced me to lie. Only if I chose to say truth, I would have never felt that guilt!!Okay, if you just nodded with *I know that feeling* thing; thanks for understanding. So, the very first step I took for myself is not to lie to my own kid too even if it meant he would go on disturbing me with non-stop crazy questions, troubling me endlessly even when am in middle of something important. I just learnt to say *Could you please wait till am done with this so I can explain to you and answer you in detail?*Yes, it was hard; his impatient soul never accepted initially but then when he knew I would always make a point to explain and answer his question; his patience levels grew too. He would trust me every next time I would say that and wait for me to pay attention to him. No, am not saying I have become saint; I still do get that feeling to just lie and get some peace to do my work but nope, I resist that and I take a long deep breath and then I gather little more patience and try to convince him. Okay, so why am talking about this situation??? Because my dear fellow mommy, I just set a mind and heart into a track which always would follow the way of truth and honesty. Its hard, it’s going to test the patience and you’d find 10 different other easy ways to get rid of it, but nurturing a young mind and soul with honesty and truthfulness means doing that self first. Every day is still a challenge, a new level of patience required and a whole new level of calmness needed, but am getting there and so do the kid in his ways. And now whenever I talk to his Class Teacher and she explains that he so honest and truthful even if it means he would get frowned upon; I know am one happy soul and a mother here. A Lie is a Lie, no matter how big or small; all it needs is just that step to take and say the truth. Life gets much easier and lighter when we don’t have the burden of lies on shoulders.
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