Can we be totally honest in this world? It's hard ain't it? Honesty comes at a price and sometimes people are not always prepared to pay it.

What is honesty and what does it comprise? Honesty is simply telling the truth. When people ask you a question, you give them the answer. Seems simple but its harder than it looks.

Honesty is never overrated. But people don't generally stick to it because it is easier to do otherwise. Honesty invites repercussions and questions. However some might feel that however hard it is, we should stick to it because 'honesty is the best policy'. But in the long run, is this really the case?

The big challenge to me is not by being honest, but by knowing how to be honest. Everyone has their own style, and their own individualities in place that to be honest from person to person is difficult. Of course unlocking the key to every personality is the key to do anything. Maybe that is the reason people avoid being honest: It is because to be honest and not break someone's soul, you have to know how to do so. We have to think about the receiving end of things, and people are too absorbed in their lives to bother about that cumbersome thought. So therefore, the solution is to not be honest at all rather than be an honest asshole.

Another thing about being honest is this: Many people have the desire to be honest. But how many are really prepared to know the truth? How many people are really prepared to get rid of their illusions of a pretty life and just face the truth that lies before their naked eyes? How many people are prepared to give up their cesspool of beautiful lies and shower in the truth about themselves? Not everyone is prepared to do so. The truth is not for everyone.

But as an ending note i will say this. Honesty is never overrated. In the long run honesty is the best policy, simply because it is much2 harder to live a lie than to die with the truth. A small lie goes a long way and someday, that lie will come back to haunt us and then we will be paying our dues. But as with anything else, there is a technique with telling the truth. And also, remember, the truth is not for everyone. Perhaps in certain situations, we are doing them a bigger favor by not destroying their illusion.

But by all means, an honest man is a good man. Tell a truth today. If you can't lie and live with the lie till the end, then maybe it's a good idea not to lie at all.