Dec 13 2008
Honesty is ‘the best policy’.
Honesty is the best policy. To be honest requires lot of guts. Because being honest creates lot of troubles. Truthfulness is a great personal quality. We can’t pretend to be honest. Our actions convey more than our words.
See, today everyone tries to cheat others. Present financial crisis is the result of dishonesty and irresponsibility. We can see how many family’s deposits with financial institutions evaporated, leaving the depositors in anxiety and uncertainty. Over speculation, greed and mismanagement of investors’ funds forced so called greatest financial institutions in to insolvency, bankruptcy. Also, lot of divorces is as a result of not being honest towards each other.
The Bible, Bhagavat Gita or Quran, all scriptures command followers, to be honest towards others. When we are dishonest we not only hurt others feelings, but also acquire bad karma. Dishonesty may give short term gains, but honesty pays rich dividends throughout our life.
Personally I am honest in all walks of life till now, and I wish to continue to do so for the rest of my life. I know I may not be successful sometimes, but I would like to maintain personal integrity and honesty.
Be honest. Start today with family members ..
Honesty is always the right way to go, even if it means you may get into trouble. I would like to see some of these finance companies say, “hey we really messed up” but you can bet that will never happen. They know how dishonest they are.