ARE YOU HONEST?

ARE YOU HONEST?

No, I am not asking you.  No offence meant, please !

Also, nobody asked me this question.  

And I am a layman. Therefore, no chance of having the honor of being interviewed. 

And yes, I opted for honesty.  

But nothing wrong If I would like to share my own attitude while deciding on the issue and of course my final decision. 

Being honest, do you expect some thing in return?

However,  I ensured I had had enough time at my  disposal to contemplate on the subject.  This is because when one decides to look into a certain matter that is going to have serious impact on own life, one does it sincerely and seriously. 

I mean in that case, one is not trying to prove some thing to some one else. And therefore, there is no  mask.  Hence I could engage myself in the task quite seriously and sincerely too. 

Are you a honest person?

Are You Honest?

ARE YOU HONEST?

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How do you say you are honest?

What it means being honest?

What are the characteristics of an honest person?

All know very well, honesty is the best policy.  

How would you describe an honest person?

How would you describe an honest person?

Briefly it means our thinking and attitude should match with our actions in daily life. Honesty is complying with the supreme values of freedom, truth, love and compassion.  And this should come out of our own attitude selflessly without any vested interests or fear of the consequences thereof.  

But in reality, very few people are in a position to be honest.  And are really honest.

And the rest give in to the compromises of convenience, comforts and temptations at the cost of values in life. But we must not ignore the fact that honesty promises ideal life and peace of mind. 

What prevents us from being honest?

Temptation of shortcuts, comforts, luxury, wealth, and desire to fulfill our insatiable desires.

We may come across those who yield to the temptations and compromises for shortcuts to success in life trying to justify their attitude in life.  

But are they really having the feeling of fulfillment in life?  

This is the important question.

Is It Worth Being Honest?

And such compromises do lead to downfall in the life. This defeats the very purpose of life. Because one has to raise his status in life - moral, financial, social, family, personal.  The mother nature expects us to grow, flourish and ultimately merge into the infinity.  

But still we do yield to the temptations. It is human nature.  

Of course, to repent later.  

We simply do not want take cognizance of the life values. We just want to ignore them. In that process we tend to ignore the fact that honesty is the foundation of good character. It is for this reason that an honest person is given good respect in society.

The other option is just live the life as it comes and vanish, like so many animals. But we should not forget we are human being.

The occasion was sort of self analysis I was engaged in in a sincere manner. This is the phase in  life when one starts to take life seriously.  And not only philosophically.

Like so many others, I had opted for honesty in life. And I wished that this honesty does not come out of my weaknesses.  And that I would have preferred if it originated from my strength, ability. And I knew very well that this may even  cost me sacrifices of my personal liking and desires.

And this was not all of sudden. The base for that was my chosen, accepted and imbibed values in daily life.

Is Being Honest Rude?

Not at all.  If only we fail to observe the accepted manners in our social interactions, this likely rudeness is avoidable.

Being God-fearing, fulfilling all obligations - individual,family,social,legal,statutory all these have contributed to my being honest person no doubt. 

But this has more to do with being a common man. I have nothing to say about my wealth,my influence on others,my own limitations as a common man etc. For example,I take care to file my income tax return in time,timely payment of municipal taxes,water bill,electricity bill, keeping handy Pan Card,Adhaar Card, Election Card,along with their photo copies, maintaining my bank account, pension account,KYC formalities and so on.  So many obligations !  Some times, I do wonder why I have to spend so much time in all this exercise.

I must admit there is more of fear in this than inclination towards honesty. Who wants to create problems and then worry to settle such issues? Well, you may call this as a typical common man.  And yes, I am a common man.

Are You Honest?

But yes,in spite of all this I have great pride and  self respect being honest.

The reason is my own sarasar vivek. What I value the most in life play greater role in my life. The power of discretion which enables me to understand what is right and wrong, good and bad,normal and abnormal, justice and injustice,moral and amoral,social and antisocial, ethical and unethical and so on.

Having acquired this knowledge, I am able to make right choices while making decisions in my own life. My sarasar vivek leaves no scope for repentance for me which is most important to any body  listening to his own sarasar vivek.

Because mere knowledge is useless unless it is implemented in day today life. This is the only way to make life easy, comfortable and yet meaningful.

And therefore my conscience does not blame me and I always have peace of mind.

And when I apply my sarasar vivek, the choice of opting for honesty is obvious, logical and fruitful also. 

My dear readers, what was the deciding factor in your decision to  opt for honesty? Please comment, if you would like to share with me. Thanks.

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