This is how I think it works. When we’re really sorry for our wrongs, we acknowledge them, we speak the truth, and then we go about the work of making things right and embracing change. Lesson learned. Our wrongs fade and become faint wisps of our past. The truth sets us free.
But when we tell lie upon lie to justify or cover up our dirty deeds and point the blame to others, our wrongs only increase, they never go away, and in the end they bind us.