Telling the Truth to Yourself

By this point in any Lenten fast, you begin to realize--through the discipline of fasting--that something has more of a hold on you than you thought. And you have to face the truth:
Why?

Why do you like angry words?
Why do you eat more than you need?
Why do you zone out in front of the TV for hours a night?
Why do you obsessively check your email/Facebook/Twitter/etc?


You realize that there is more going--to use my own fast as an example--than "just" a sweet tooth. There is a deeper hunger, longing, ache that to this point you've downplayed or outright ignored. And so, if you want to grow from the experience and see your life become more like Jesus' luminary existence, you must face the truth.

Thomas a Kempis said that if we are to become like Jesus Christ, we must learn to love the truth no matter where it comes from. A difficult thing, to be sure.

So what is the truth telling you?