What if honesty wasn't what I thought it was?

Have you grown up thinking that honesty is the best policy? Do you always seek to tell people what you know to be true?

How has that working for you? If it's not easy sailing, ask yourself "What if honesty wasn't what I thought it was?"

When you tell people what you think they ought to hear, because you know it to be true, are you considering their point of view, their truth or their reality? Or are you telling them your point of view, your truth and your reality?

When you dump your points of view on top of someone, how much space do they have for themselves? Do they enjoy being hemmed in under your pile of truth and ask you for more? Or do they kick it off and run away?

What if instead of being bluntly honest with other people, you be bluntly honest with yourself, and only tell people what they are capable of hearing? ​

Or even ask them a question instead?