Let the Truth Sting

 Doctors give patients a number of things. We give them medicine, we give them advice. And most of the time, we give them our undivided attention.

But by far the hardest thing you can give a patient is the truth.

The truth is hard. 

The truth... is awkward.

 And very often...the truth hurts.

I mean, people say they want the truth. But do they really?

Um...Charlie, the truth is...you were a b*st*rd. You were. You were mean and stubborn and just...a b*st*rd. But you were a b*st*rd who knew what you wanted. And you stuck to your guns and proved that if you want something badly enough, if you're...determined enough and patient enough, eventually it will happen. It will. And that gives me hope, so...thanks for that. Bye-bye, Charlie. 

 The truth is painful...

Deep down, nobody wants to hear it, especially when it hits close to home. 

Sometimes we tell the truth because the truth is all we have to give. 

Sometimes we tell the truth because we need to say aloud to really hear for ourselves.

And sometimes we tell the truth because 

...we owe them at least that much.