People respect honesty – it’s so easy to be honest when we are talking about others – it’s easy to be honest then. When it comes to having to say stop I don’t want to hear gossip, I don’t want your opinion on that person. When it comes to standing over the truth, even when it exposes our own mistakes – that’s harder.
In the past day I have gained a new respect for someone and lost a lot of respect for another all because of honesty or the lack of it .
We all remember being in a situation where we knew what was truth and people lied to save their own skin or to look good.
Following the theme of my last post about “imagining”what others’ motives are when we have no idea what is in anyone else’s mind- I guess I have to accept that some people make might not be self aware enough to even realise that they have lied. Doesn’t make it any easier when you are the fall- guy !