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honest
November 2009 
Do you believe honesty is always best?
Posted on Jul 28th, 2009
by 
forrest
forrest
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for July 28, 2009:
what is honesty? When I tell you the truth, do I do so because I want you to know the truth? Or do I tell you the truth because I want to affirm my correctness and my righteousness? There is also timing and context. If you are a parent and something doesn't go well with your parenting, it is not appropriate for me to tell you the "truth" in that moment. Maybe another time. And the truth I tell you, my intimate partner, is different from the truth I tell a stranger. The truth I tell a child is different than the truth I tell someone on their death bed. Knowing my self, I can speak the truth, and speak compassionately as well.
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Aha! There we go, there is no one truth! I thought so.