No legacy is so rich as honesty
Thus wrote the bard. Honesty is a virtue we are all taught to respect and inculcate in our personalities. Don’t steal what belongs to others, be fair in your transactions is what our parents told us when we were growing up. In business honesty was a big factor, customers trusted the company which was honest. Politicians were and are a different breed though. In personal relationships honesty played a big part.
What about intellectual honesty? About not misleading others, being forthright in our relationships, not plagiarizing work done by others. We hear so many old tunes copied blatantly. Students copying from the internet and pasting answers as their own. Modern philosophers rehashing the ideas of Pluto or Socrates and giving them some other name.
To me the biggest problem is intellectual honesty in marriage. How many of us actually own our mistakes and say sorry? Or do we argue and blame our partner and become the victim. All of us have done that at some point or the other in our life. Do we acknowledge our role in escalating a crisis and try to find a solution or do we justify our actions as a reaction to some wrong our significant other did? Here I am not even talking about cheating on your partner. That can be the breaking point. But what about emotional affairs? Because someone lends their shoulder for you to cry and you fall for that person.
To me honesty is not just about money, it’s about coming clean of the mistakes we do and sincerely apologizing.
What about you? Do share your thoughts.
Have a safe and happy day
So be it !!!
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