"The principle of truth."
Greetings!
Telling the truth has always been my best principle and it's something I would never do without in my life and this is because, if I tell the truth I will die and if I don't tell the truth also, I will die, why can't I just tell the truth and be justified.
Though, truth is bitter as most of the people living in our society now detest the truth, but even at that, the truth must be told.
In my quest to tell the truth, I have encountered a series of threats to my livelihood and life. But even at that, I stood my ground to protect what I believed in, which is the truth.
Sometimes ago, I almost lost my job and even my life while telling the truth to the face of my boss at my place of work. Then, I was working with a private school and in this school, the proprietor was always owing us our salary. He will not pay us as and when due.
So, when I realized that he was owing us intentionally, I went to him and I told him that I wouldn't want him to be owing us again considering how he and his family members are living their luxury life.
When he heard this he flared up and said he would get me fired if I would not stop complaining about the payment of the salary. He even said he's not ready to pay us anytime soon and that I should stop complaining about his personal life.
But after he had issued his threat to me, I told him I would not back down from my stand. So, it's when he realized that I was being sincere with the truth I have come to tell to his face that he offered to pay me secretly without others knowing.
I didn't even let him finish talking before telling him the truth that that wouldn't be possible as I would not be able to sell and betray my colleagues whom we have been suffering together all this while for his Greek gift.
When he heard this, he was not so comfortable with it, but there's nothing he could do as I was not afraid of his threat while telling him the bitter truth.
It's when he realized that I would not agree with his secret offer that he called for an emergency staff meeting.
At the meeting, he promised to pay us the backlogs of the salaries he was owing us and also apologized for the delay in payment.
When my people heard this, they were happy and were wondering what could have prompted his action, but I didn't even let them have the knowledge of what had transpired between both of us in private.
So, since then, I have made up my mind that I would not trade my being truthful for anything no matter the threats or challenges.
Thanks for reading.
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