A Take On Honesty
One of several virtues I’ve been seriously trying to live by is honesty. People don’t always take honesty positively though. Contrary to what most people think, honesty is not just returning the lost wallet you found on the bench or telling your mom you broke her expensive vase. Honesty is not limited to first grade values education.
Honesty is not frankness. That’s why they’re not synonyms. You can be frank without being honest and you can be honest without being frank.
Honesty is doing what is right and not saying, “I don’t want to be the one to be the harbringer of bad news.”
Honesty is not telling everyone’s secrets to everyone else. That’s called un-trustworthy.
Honesty is admitting that you’ve done something wrong and accepting the consequences of whatever it is you’ve done.
Honesty is not faking words, actions or emotions just because you want to be called “nice”.
Honesty is having the guts to end a relationship when you feel the need to instead of dragging it on and hurting each other.
Honesty is not trashtalking. It is constructive criticism.
Honesty is sorting out the situation with the person directly involved. Let him/her know what’s going on first hand. It’s better than you getting a hundred “second opinions”.
Honesty is not necessarily quarelling on the Facebook (or any social networking site for that matter) wall or news feed.
Honesty is talking properly because it knows the truth already hurts as it is.
Honesty is not easy at some points. Most people actually hate honest people because not everyone understands honesty. But hey, don’t say telling the truth is SO HARD. If you’re used to honesty, you’ll realize it’s harder to tell a lie.
