Honesty

I remember the lyrics to Billy Joel's "honesty"... Everytime I hear it, it makes me feel differently.. Why is it so hard for us to be honest??? I know that we all go thru our ups and downs and that sometimes being honest is difficult.. We don't wanna hurt others with the truth and we don't want to accept the truth ourselves.. Being honest is a difficult thing to do.. I wish that we learn that even though the truth hurts it's the best policy for everyone... Sometimes, we get hurt and we tend to not say how we feel or how hurt we really are... We make a conscience decision to not say a word... Even that is not being honest... You aren't being honest with yourself on how you feel or how someone made you feel... It's difficult to sit there and vent... But once you do, the other person understands and should accept your honesty... In a way we all feel better once we have been honest.. Is it easier to lie?? Or course it is... Is it the right thing to do??? NO!! Do we do it anyway??? Of course... None of us want to say the truth if we know that it would hurt someone... What is worse, is if the person that you are lying to actually finds out the truth... I guess I rather be truthful and unhappy, than happy and lied too... Even in friendships, some people rather keep the truth to themselves in reference to how they feel about certain subjects than to hash things out... At the end of the day, if you can't be honest with yourself you can never be honest with others..