We need to be honest to each other
As we are chasing after desires and pleasures, seeking for good feelings from material comforts or for the recognition and admiration from people around us, we are behaving with less and less honesty. Although everybody knows that honesty is a virtue, and we all expect others to treat us with honesty, once we are caught in the whirlwind of life competition, we may think that honesty is often the main obstacle to success. Some people even declare that in today's world, if one is trying to live up to the principle of honesty, one is naive, gullible, and vulnerable. In order to be smart and successful in today's world, one is encouraged to be foxy and mischievous.
As a result, we treat each other with spectacular showoff, from flowery words to tactful behaviors in order to attract the other party, even at the expense of honesty and distorting the truth. It is ridiculous when we behave that way with our own family members and close friends. Could we maintain such relationship throughout our lives, or would there be one day when we will no longer be able to keep our masks on, and lose others' trust?
It is true that sometimes tactfulness is necessary in life, but we do not need to wear a mask. It is our responsibility to be truthful to ourselves and others, so that others can trust us. Life has a meaning when there is mutual trust. That mutual trust is built up with honesty.
In reality sometimes our honesty makes us vulnerable to frauds who take advantage of our trust for their selfish gains and motives. We must use our wisdom to judge and to live with honesty. Life is fundamentally beautiful, and we should not lose our inborn sincerity and honesty just because of some bad life experiences we may have had during our life struggle and competition.
(To be continued)
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