A short story of how I dealt with an argument with my wife.

1. About-The-Secret.com The Humble Truth And The Hole In The Wall

2. The humble truth is sometimes hard to admit

3. Several weeks ago I was having a heated discussion with my wife Beth

4. She was pushing all of my buttons and getting me very upset

5. As I left the room in a huff of anger

6. I threw open the door and the knob went through the wall

7. It was nothing big just a small hole in the wall that is usually hidden behind the door

8. After some time of cooling off I apologized to Beth for my anger

9. my harsh words and the way I acted

10. I never mentioned the door

11. After all she was pushing my buttons and was just as responsible for the tiny hole as I was

12. So why was it bothering me

13. If anyone would mention the hole I would get agitated and say how Beth had been pushing my buttons

14. The previous paragraph is full BS

15. That's why it would bother me when someone noticed the hole

16. That hole is a manifestation of my guilt

17. It reminds me of how easy it is to look away from the humble truth and focus on something evil

18. Yes Beth did push my buttons knowing how it would upset me

19. but this is not the truth I needed to be looking at

20. The truth is that there was something in me that was causing me to get angry

21. A different person in the same situation would act totally different than I did

22. If I had been in a different space I would not have acted the same way

23. The humble truth I needed to admit is this

24. I had been selfish

25. self centered

26. fearful and dishonest

27. I was angry

28. I said thing I shouldn't have

29. I yelled and I put a hole in the wall

30. This is the truth that I can deal with

31. This is the truth that leaves me with something to improve

32. This is the truth that God wants me to look at

33. This is the humble truth that will release my guilt

34. I apologized to Beth again and this time I told her the humble truth that I had been selfish

35. self centered

36. dishonest and acting out of fear

37. I was only thinking of myself and it was my anger that put the hole in the wall

38. Up until that moment I was avoiding my guilt by blaming Beth for my actions

39. In blaming her I was holding my anger and my guilt prisoners in my soul

40. In confessing my sins to God and to Beth I have been freed from this guilt and anger

41. I am no longer held prisoner

42. Any time there is anger there is fear and this fear keeps you bound in chains

43. The honest truth will set you free

44. If you find yourself in a situation were you repeatedly feel the tension

45. look inside yourself

46. seek out what you keep locked away in the dark corners of your mind and soul

47. Free these prisoners and free your self

48. Let them out with the humble truth that releases the chains of bondage

49. Bring the humble truth to light and the truth shall set you free