Honesty Is The Best Policy

I believe that it is best to be honest. Sometimes we all lie about small things like "yes I made my bed today" or "I already did my hw mom!" Things like that are harmless and you know you'll probably do them later anyways. I think that it's not always easy to be honest like if someone asks you if they look good in this shirt or that dress and they don't. I wouldn't want them to go walking around like that though and we have to remember the consequences some of our lies can have on others. So in a case like that I would say in the nicest way that they should try on something else or mention how nice they looked in that other dress. It's not always necessary to lie when you could word something in a kinder but still truthful way. Sometimes we lie to cover for our bad behavior or wrong deeds we did to others that they might not know about yet. Or maybe we don't think others can handle the truth. In times like that I always remember that even though I might have done something wrong at least I'm coming clean and no one can say I tried to hide it. Plus if I decided to lie instead, when they did find out things would be much, much worse and possibly unsalvageable. It's not up to us to decide what other people can handle and what they should and shouldn't know. We have to be as honest as each one of us dares to be and hope for the best. We have to learn to deal with the truth and reality some day because the real world's not going to baby us. We don't want to be so fragile that one mean word or honest opinion can shatter us forever. I'm not saying I'm always honest but I try my best to be as honest as I can and I keep such things in mind when I'm in sticky situations.