A personal weakness and imbalance of mine is my habit of overly extreme application of my belief that the truth is the right answer.
I over-explain. I make myself overly vulnerable, and with a simple slip of a tongue could make someone else vulnerable in a way I shouldn't.
I must keep in mind what information is genuinely owed to people and what isn't. I must keep in mind what is beneficial to share and when, and what is not.
And this imbalance is motivated fear of being fake or dishonest, not by love of truth and authenticity. (I feel both very strongly.)
"There is no fear in love" - 1 John 4:18
I must know the difference between being honest according to integrity, and being "honest" according to fear of threats to my ego, and my self-image.
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