You think, speaking truth is difficult because you are habituated to speak untruth. Since you have developed this bad habit of telling lies, you are unable to recognise the importance of truth. This weakness is prevalent everywhere and afflicts everyone in this world.
Here is a small example. Suppose, somebody dies in a house in your neighbourhood, and you go there to offer your condolences to the family. In such a situation if you tell them the truth, ‘What is this? Birth and death are natural for everyone; one who is born is sure to die’, then, the people in the house will be very angry with you, thinking, what a stone- hearted person you are! But instead if you say, How did he die? Which doctor treated him? What medicine he was using? How long he was in the hospital’?, then they will be satisfied that you have sympathised with them and shared their grief. But this satisfaction is only temporary. The truth is, where there is birth, there has to be death; whosoever is born is bound to die. You would have seen that return date is always mentioned on railway compartments. After reaching the destination, the compartment has to return by the stipulated date. When it is sure that the body has to return by a certain date, then why you should worry about it? Why should you feel sad? You are worried because you have made a habit of worrying. Mistaken thinking is the cause of this worry. You don’t have faith, truth is the faith. Faith leads to truth; truth leads to peace, peace leads to happiness. Happiness is heaven, sorrow is hell. Therefore, never give room to sorrow. Face all situations with faith. With faith, you can achieve anything. Without faith, you can achieve nothing. Therefore, develop faith. You can develop faith only by contemplating on God. (SS May 11, p. 147)