As soon as they begin to talk, children are truth talkers They do not have to be told to speak truthfully and are usually quite bold to do so. Why? Good question.

I have experienced it in surprising, insulting and often, wondrous ways. “Your teeth are yellow”

wow, your right little guy. This led to an odd situation afterwards when my two front teeth fell out on my dinner plate while eating sweet corn on the cob. Odd clink sound.

I got some really nice implants that appear normal in size and color. White. The two front teeth are the first thing you look at in a smile. My other teeth are not bad, a little crooked on a lower incisor and they are pretty white with a little scraping. So I smile with my front teeth as most of us do with a slight smile. I don’t eat corn on the cob anymore. Being a mechanic I realized the horizontal stress’ and I don’t need to pull down as though I am debarking piece of firewood.

(Side note: I do debark some of our firewood with a small hatchet because the bark and the cambric layer causes ‘clinkers’ in the wood stove. (Minerals pulled up from the soil kind of thing.)

I have heard another child tell someone without malice, “you smell funny” or just “you smell”

Another common truth is “Your fat” How about them apples?

Children are the innocents and examples to us to be direct and speak the truth. Some folks say it’s being blunt. If you are easily offended as I can be, it is shocking and lately, refreshing!

I would take offense at truthful remarks that most times were actually spoken with concern to me. Precious concern that I did not see then as a very good thing. An indication of loving to me.

We do not have to say such things with loudness to be obnoxious ourselves. It might be needed to aim the anti condemnation round with accuracy and fervor in difficult cases. The nearness of the burst may just shoot down and shock the recipient of truth spoken.

Parachuting down and watching years of fear and self condemnation crash and burn can be traumatic which usually leads to freedom as you float into the arms of the best truth talker ever. Jesus. You can find a reference in a very truthful book under ‘Matthew” check it out.

A new friend gave me the inspiration to explain the truth spoken by His youngest child. She simply told him: “Talk to me with your eyes”

It’s pretty good. Jack Gator