La Honestidad

“Honesty is the best policy,” Shakespeare said. We’ve heard that quote a thousand times.

Setting a standard of absolutely honesty for yourself prepares you for moments of temptation. Because you begin with self-honesty, when you look within, you see an honest human being. And that gives you the strength to put the truth first—even when it may mean humiliation, or that someone may think less of you, or that you may look ill-informed.

Every lie you tell out of fear strengthens the fear. Every truth you tell strengthens your courage and confirms your integrity. And, as Marianne Williamson says, “As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.” Our own truth emboldens others to tell theirs.

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What is honesty? – Honesty is in what you say

Honesty is speaking the truth. Lying is not honest (also called dishonest) because you are saying something that isn't true.

Honesty means you don't say things about people that aren't true. You are not being honest if you make up rumors about someone.

Being honest means you admit to your actions, even if you'll get in trouble. You are not being honest if deny you did something wrong when you really did it.

Honesty means you explain how a situation really happened. You are not being honest if you say something happened one way when it really happened another way

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What is being honest with yourself?

A big part of honesty is what you say and how you act toward others. But another part of the definition of honesty is whether you treat yourself the same way. Being honest with yourself means you really know why you are acting in a certain way or whether what you tell yourself is true.

This part of the definition of honesty includes:

You are not being honest with yourself if you say something mean to a friend and tell yourself it's for their own good, when really you are trying to get even for something they did to you.

You are not being honest with yourself if you are trying to convince yourself you didn't really do something wrong, or it wasn't that bad, even though you really did it.

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