How honest are you to yourself?

Nobody on earth is perfect, mankind was born with faults and we cannot achieve the perfect honesty we intend to get. I don't consider myself an honest person, because there are times and instances that you are really compelled to be dishonest in order for you to jive in or fit in your surroundings or social group. Dishonesty is a defensive mechanism of man to at least relieve himself from stress that at times is too much for him to fight back or challenge. We intend to lie at times because we are afraid that people will degrade us or see us having a weak personality compared to them. But that doesn't mean you are compelled not to be honest anymore. deep within us we have that positive attitude of being honest, like when you see a lost wallet and looking for the owner and bringing it back to them, that is honesty. When we commit mistakes and we accept it as our fault then we are honest too.

Well, if we are going to be honest in this moment, I don't think that it would be right for any of us to say that we aren't liars. There are certain things that I find that I have to lie about in order to protect myself from being hurt too badly by other people. When I was younger I was a really open person and then I was badly hurt by someone that I loved and since then, I have had to keep parts of myself protected and that does mean that there are times that I have to lie to other people.

Honesty is a great virtue. Sooner or later it is always considered as a good characteristic in one's personality. The bad thing about lying is that it always begins with a single lie. Either because you want to hide something for personal reasons, or because you want to impress someone, it doesn't really matter. The problem is that after your first lie, in most occasions you need to lie again to cover your previous lies and before you know it you are into a really difficult to handle situation. It's never late to get courageous and face life with truth, it's just a decision.

Lies are dangerous. Telling one and it makes new ones pile onto one another until the maker doesn’t know what is true anymore. Better to stick to the truth. I think people with addictions lie because they can not bear to see the truth of what has happened to them. Desperate job seekers going into a interview think of how they want to present themselves and tell little lies that bend the truth to their advantage till it almost feels like it is just common business practice and ok but really it is not.

When I was younger I tried to meet other peoples' expectations and I was a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. Now I am old enough to allow myself to be exactly who I am. I'm not perfect and I don't expect myself to be perfect. I now have the sense of freedom to be me. I'm much happier and more accepting of my flaws and imperfections now and I also understand that's it's okay to take steps toward self improvement if it feels right. The progress I've made over the years has made it possible to develop self love.

Hey there. I can't say that I'm honest but I cannot consider myself a liar either. I sometimes lie, depending on the situation. There are some extenuating circumstances that would make us lie especially if we are protecting someone. I believe that I have changed now compared before. I was living a lie when I was still in high school. But now, I've changed. Haha.