Being Honest

“There is no honesty in pride”

Could this be true? As far as I can tell, there is no thing to convince me otherwise. There is moments when people shine like no other time, and to me that is when they are able to be completely honest. These days and many of long ago it has been improper, inappropriate, rude, unnecessary, or just bad taste to be too honest and too revealing. Is it possible to be too honest? I’m sure if you asked a married person the answer would be yes but I have a difficult time appreciating that answer as a true one.

We have to be on guard, and role play in this society to protect our hard earned egos. It is a way of life that I wish could somehow be reviewed and recanted , but it seems our culture would crumble if real honesty was to have it’s way in our world. We feel we have to fabricate our true feelings to our fellow human to keep the peace, and level of comfort stable. What would relationships be like if complete honesty could have it’s way? I am afraid to say we will never find out, due to our fear of being rejected, but it is still possible, isn’t it? If not… it is a depressing thought.

I have observed that we are most likely to be vulnerable with people we don’t know verses people we do. It is therapeutic to be honest, and in an atmosphere of openness. One can be him or herself with no threat of it being held against them. Just being deflated of pride and ego letting the real feelings arise and be released. It tends to calm the soul and bring about a sense of cleansing. No holding things back, and pretending to be someone we are not, and deceiving those around us, but letting them in to our world of emotion and be able to let them empathize with us, and us with them. Pride has no place in those settings, but should be handled with compassion if it just so happens to show up.