Meditate Awake

DAILY INSIGHT: Honesty and trust are two vital ingredients for human connection and close relationships. This is true of relationships with romantic partners, parents, siblings, children, friends, colleagues…and everyone else. If you are not honest with others they cannot feel truly connected with you. And if you know that you’re not being genuine with them, you won’t be able to feel a deep connection either. Being honest builds trust from both sides; they trust you and you trust yourself. And when you are honest with another person and they accept you for who you are, you can also trust that their care for you is real — because they don’t just like you because of a false image of yourself that you’ve given them. They like the real you. They care about the real you. The relationship is authentic — and an authentic relationship is a powerful experience. DAILY ACTION: Tag someone who you know is always honest with you. They’ll appreciate the recognition and your connection can grow even deeper.