Happy Monday,
How is everyone doing this evening? How was your weekend? Mine was a good one. Spent the weekend with Martin. Went car shopping but didn’t buy anything, then yesterday, we just hung out at home. Today was a workday and tonight we’ll be grilling some steaks. It’s nice to have time with Martin with our schedules being so super busy. Trying to never take for granted our precious moments together.
Martin and I will be releasing our podcast on lying, hopefully by tomorrow. We are super excited to launch, yet another podcast. We do hope everyone is enjoying them. Moving forward, I’ll be doing the editing of our podcast and launching them. Martin has so much on his plate right now, so weighing out our time, we’ve come to the conclusion I should be doing the launching. While the podcast is our joint venture, it’s something I’m so passionate about and I get overly anxious that we aren’t launching often enough. I want to be able to take some of the pressure off of Martin so he can concentrate on his job and our family life all while continuing to enjoy doing the podcast.
With that being said, let’s talk about honesty. What exactly does it mean to be honest? Well, according to http://www.thefreedictionary.com, it means, “the quality or condition of being honest, integrity. Truthfulness; sincerity. My question is, if honesty includes sincerity, what if you leave out details to something that you know would really hurt someone, is that a lie? Is everything so black and white?
I’m not promoting lying by any means, I’m just wondering if things have to be so clear cut and absolute? Is there ever a time to not be 100% forth coming? For my entire life, I’ve lived with trying to always be honest in all aspects of my life, then when I was going through my divorce, I again was completely honest about everything with my ex. He used my honesty against me and thus far, he’s been able to steal money from me. Was I wrong for being so honest? I’m not sure, but I do know this, I can lay my head on my pillow each night feeling good that I was honest with him at the same time, I’m frustrated by the things he’s gotten away with. Makes me think though, vengeance isn’t mine to get, it’s up to the Universe or God to make things right.
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”-Thomas Jefferson. Then what is wisdom? According to dictionary.com, it says wisdom is the quality or state of being wise; knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight.
Hmmm, I have to say this about honesty, things being black and white, telling the truth and lying, I believe when we acquire the quality of being able to discern situations, then we will always be led to the path of truthfulness. We need insight into situations and from there, our words will be truthful for that very situation. Not everything is as it appears. We don’t always know all the details, so things aren’t always, black and white. Honesty is the truth in the situation as we know it.
Gathering all the facts before we speak our truth, may save us so much heartache as well as others. “The tongue is a small thing, but what enormous damage it can do.”-James 3:5 (TLB). I chose this translation, because I felt it fitting for the subject matter. The words that come out of our mouth can do either enormous damage or bring a harvest of healing and that’s why I feel it so important to always, choose our words wisely, think before we speak, listen before answering and always, always, remember there’s a bigger picture than what is in front of us.
Honesty is always the best policy, at the same time, I’m not sure we always have to give everyone every detail of every situation in our lives. We just have to be wise with our words. Lying never results in anything good but being careful of what we say and how we say it, can bring a situation peace. I guess what I’m trying to say is, think before we speak. If we can’t tell the truth, then maybe we need to rethink our role in the situation and kindly dismiss ourselves from further conversation on a particular matter. Being wise to what we say comes with life lessons and what we’ve learned on our path that God, or the Universe has laid out for us. I think when we struggle with honesty, maybe it’s time to rethink our path. I believe during our difficult times, when we struggle most, it’s life’s way of telling us we need to redirect our step. What do you think? I’d love to hear from you. Drop me a comment or shoot me a text because I would truly appreciate your insight into honesty. I’d love to learn something new.
Well guys, that’s all I have for tonight. I do hope you had a wonderful day and may your week be blessed. Until next time, I hope we can all open our hearts, listen and evolve, each and every day. Hugs++
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