Facing the truth can be uncomfortable, most people love the lie more than the truth. The lie is flattering and it feeds the ego. We must humble ourselves and face the absolute truth (as best we understand it), rather than inventing our own subjective 'truth'. If we humble ourselves and acknowledge our shortcomings and transgressions and then do something about them, we will find ourselves attracted to the truth, because we no longer deceive ourselves.
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1 John 1:8
Amen and Amen!