First post, first thought - to be honest

It has been awhile indeed since I have done this! But I thought, what the heck......

And why not launch into a deep topic right from the outset!

I have been thinking about honesty a lot lately. Particularly, what does it mean to be truly "honest". I think that we would all like to be considered "honest" people. I know that it is something that I aim for in my life, even if I don't always achieve it. But recently, I was wondering, "Am I truly an honest person?" In doing so, I got to thinking about what it means to be honest.

Honesty, for the most part is easy. When you notice, for example, that someone looks pretty or handsome, it is fairly easy to be "honest" with them when you extend them the compliment that they are "good looking". Regardless of what your motives are for doing so (i.e. you genuinely want to be a good person, you are trying to get laid and hope that by complimenting them you are edging closer to that goal, you want them to pay attention to you, you want to brighten up their day), it would be an "honest" compliment.

What about when, however, being honest does not meet with your goals and or objectives? What about when being "dishonest" is in fact the easier course to take, the one which would cause you, and possibly those around you, the least harm or be the most beneficial? The fact that you are honest when it is easy, does that really matter? Isn't when being honest is hard that the measure of you as an honest person really applies?

So that is it for today. For whomever cares to respond, please do so. And unlike last time when I have blogged for a while and then quit, I am going to do my best to keep posting on this blog.

.....honestly!