do you know,honesty is the best policy???

“No man has a good enough memory to make a
successful liar.” -Abraham Lincoln
A life of simplicity can be defined as a life that
has removed all of the nonessentials. It is
marked by oneness. It is uncomplicated. As a
result, it is freeing. It allows our lives to be
focused on the things that are most important to
us.
Simplicity in life cannot be achieved without
honesty. Honesty can live without simplicity, but
simplicity cannot live without honesty. Consider
the fact that every time we are not truthful, we
create an alternate reality. And subsequently, we
are forced to live a life in both worlds: the true
one and the one we’ve created. On the other
hand, when we choose honesty in all aspects of
life including our marriage, our business, and
our relationships, we live the same life wherever
we are. Honesty leads to simplicity, but
dishonesty leads to duplicity – the exact
opposite.
Consider the other benefits of a honest lifestyle:
Closer friendships. Honesty and integrity
pave the way for greater intimacy. Your
friends love the “true you,” not the one
you’ve artificially created.
Higher quality friends. Honesty attracts
honesty. People who are trustworthy and
honest attract trustworthy and honest
friends. And those are the best friends to
have.
Trust. Honest people are trusted by
others.
Confidence. Honest people trust
themselves. Never underestimate the
life-changing power of the ability to trust
yourself.
Wellness – Honesty has been linked to
less colds, less fatigue, less depression,
and less anxiety.
Less stress – Dishonesty needs to be
maintained. Pretending to be something
you are not requires constant attention to
detail, even for the most experienced.
Honest people are better able to relax
because they are just being themselves
and naturally, feel better about
themselves and less overwhelmed.
Unfortunately, early in our life we learn that
dishonesty can have incredible short-term
benefits. It can get us out of trouble. It can get
us what we want. It can make it easier to please
the people around us. And all of us develop the
habit (albeit, to varying degrees.).
Living an honest life takes effort – especially at
the beginning. It requires a decision to pursue it
and some action steps to get it started. But
once it begins to gain momentum in your life
and you begin to realize its many benefits,
honesty will become easier and easier.
To get started, consider some of these essential
truths to living an honest life:
Character, integrity, and morality in your
life make honesty easier. When you
choose to live a life of character, you will
soon realize that you have nothing to
hide… and honesty is a much easier path
if you don’t have anything to hide. There
are countless aspects to this
point that pertain to our spouses, our
children, our bosses, and friends. Pursue
integrity in all of them.
Consider the long-term consequences of
a short-term gain. As I mentioned, one
of the reasons that we begin living
dishonestly in the first place is that the
short-term gains seem obvious.
Unfortunately, these short-term gains
have long-term consequences. We would
be wise to consider them and count the
whole cost of our decisions.
Living an honest life on the outside
requires you to live an honest life on the
inside. If you are going to be completely
honest with others, you’ve got to be
completely honest with yourself. If we
have hurts in our lives that we have been
denying, we need to acknowledge them,
admit them, and address them.
Sometimes, it’s the 2 and 3 letter words
that can be the toughest. When the
answer is yes, say “yes.” When the
answer is no, say “no.” Be dependable.
Follow through on your commitments.
And don’t commit to anything that you
don’t intend to complete.
Being honest is not the same as saying
everything we think. Just because
something is true does not mean that it
has to be said. One of the tougher points
of living an honest life is knowing when
to avoid conflict, when to address
conflict, and when to create conflict.

Benjamin Franklin had truly said the
saying of honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is considered as the backbone
of a successful and well-working
relationship. Being honest is very
important in the relationship because
no relationship can be successful
without trust. Being completely honest
in the life is somewhat tough but it
goes long way however being dishonest
is easy but covers very small and
painful path. Being a truthful person in
the family and society is like being
awarded all through the life by the
dear ones as well as nature. Honesty is
the tool of living a prestigious life
gifted by the God to the humanity.
Honesty gives us power to tackle any
bad circumstances in the life as people
around us trust us and be with us. May
be telling white lies give good feeling in
the starting however it may badly harm
at the end.
It has been proved from several years
that the saying ‘honesty is the best
policy’ has helped great people in
building empires by winning the trust
of its citizens. History tells us that
telling lie never become successful and
makes the circumstances worse. Some
people do not choose the way of truth
because of many reasons or they do not
have dare to live with honesty.
However some hard times of the life
make them realize the importance of
honesty. Telling lie may hold us in big
problems which we cannot bear, so we
should be honest and trustworthy in
our life.
Honesty is the best policy is a famous
saying said by the Benjamin Franklin.
Honesty is considered as the best tool
of success in the life and a famous
person said it as a backbone of the
successful relationship which has
capability to form a well developed
society. Without being honest in the
life, it becomes very tough to make
real and trustworthy friendship or love
bond with anyone. People who are
generally used of telling truth can be
able to build better relationships and
thus better world. Some people who do
not have dare of telling truth to their
dear ones, generally tell lie and face
bad situations of being dishonest. On
the other hand, saying truth helps in
strengthening our character and makes
us strong. So, being honest (especially
with family, friends and other loved
ones) helps us a lot in many ways all
through the life. Honesty is the most
effective tool of protecting the
relationships.
Telling lies just to save the situation
can make the condition more worse.
Saying truth always helps us to
strengthen the character as well as
bring confidence within us. There are
many bad and good situations in the
life and I think almost all of us have
been felt that telling truth to our dear
ones gives us relief and happiness. So,
according to this saying, being honest is
really being a good human being in the
life.