Honesty — a noun. It pertains to truthfulness, sincerity or frankness.

This word is often related to admitting to a wrong act. Like the famous George Washington.

Despite the risk of getting in trouble, he dare admit to his father that he cut down the cherry tree. Surprised enough, little George wasn’t scolded. In fact, he was praised by his father for the honesty he showed.

Most of the time, this is how we relate honesty to. But as a know-it-all, I think that there are different forms of honesty.

1. The Honesty of Surrender. The common perception of honesty. It is where you wave the white flag and surrender by admitting an error and accepts the punishment laid down before you.
2. The Honesty of the Wounded. This may be a topic of debate among you, my dear readers. People tend to keep their hurt emotions inside, despite the need to tell someone about it. To make it clear, let’s imagine a boy and a girl who are good friends.

   The boy constantly raps the girl’s drawings. Once, his critique went overboard, he thus hurt the girl. Despite her grief, she instead chose to keep quiet, in order not to hurt the feelings of her friend.

   This is a lack of honesty, even when the times demand it. Truth sets people free, no matter how it hurts.

3. The Honesty of the Safe. The sister of The Honesty of the Wounded. The difference is, people tend to soften and sugarcoat too much, that the edge of the message is now blunt.

   The difference of being nice and being too safe is wide. Being nice is carefully describing; Being too safe is being plastic.

Dear readers, again, honesty often goes a long way. Communication is key.

It all comes down to where honesty will exist. At the right place. At the right time.

‘Til then, my dear readers.

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This blog is now filled with ideas. I’m removing the identity of this being some diary about what I ate for breakfast and how my exam went. I’m not Britney, and not even worth stalking.

I have nothing against diary style blogs because I began there also. Saying that diary style blogs suck is just being a hypocrite.

And may I remind you that this is only an opinion of a mere speck in the universe, thus shall not be taken seriously and shower me with flames. If understood, read on.

Man is selfish by nature.

This statement is often said in Philosophy.

Man is selfish, not because he is evil but it is his nature. Man’s nature is to survive. In order to survive, he finds ways to satisfy his needs.

I think that man is selfish in one way or another. It can be physical, emotional and others that can be a form of selfishness. It can be anything that gratifies what is lacking him.

In Real Life
Dear reader, every once in a while, you may feel that humans around you may act selfish for a time. Trying to deal with these creatures will take time, yet they get harder and harder everytime.

Needs are natural. Accomodating these needs are natural. However, if it is getting out of hand, it’s not natural anymore.

Remember dear reader, you are human with your own form of selfishness. If you’ll reason that you live to satisfy others’ needs, good for you darling. But if you’ve had enough of the creatures’ savagery, tell them honestly.

You are also a creature of this land, however, the skill to communicate properly is what makes you a homo sapien. Others may seem fierce, however they are trained to listen.

Honesty often goes a long way.

Well, I’m done playing Ms. Philosopher/Psychologist/Journalist to you. Good luck to me and to you dear readers. ‘Til next time.

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