Who needs Honesty?

Websters Defines Honesty as:  adherence to the facts 

Most times when people mention honesty, we all think back to George Washington and his cherry tree.  While telling the truth and having "cash register honesty" are certainly important, I am speaking of the kind of honesty that allows me to self-appraise and find the issues (facts) that are usually repetitive and hinder me from my goals and dreams.  

If I am online in search of Hope I am probably not here because of a winning streak, I am here because something is out of whack, and I need to get it back "in whack"!!  Things have gone awry and now I am probably trying to justify why I should be a victim of whatever it is that's going on in my life that I need to change.    And that is helpful only for a very few minutes as I am pounding my self-righteous chest screaming how the world and its people have done it to me again!!   And sadly, that's as far as a lot of us ever get. (no facts)

So, honesty in this case, comes down to asking myself a lot of questions. (finding facts) Asking where it is that I need to change and finding the help and the pathway to that change.  If I have a spiritual discipline (and boy I hope if you don't you can find one) then I need to double up my efforts in that area.  That has been invaluable to me in providing insights and being able to find the questions, the answers and the help in accomplishing the new things I am going to need to do. Now don't get me wrong there are truly instances in the world where there are true victims of heinous activities and God willing, if that’s you,  you can get the necessary help to survive those things.  Because if I am being honest, the problem is usually me.  It is my reaction to the things around me no matter how unfair they seem to be, how mistreated I feel, or how badly I am treated...The answer lies in me, and I have to have HONESTY to know that.  If I am not the problem, there is no answer.  

And yes, the world is harsh, and its people can mistreat us, but in spite of that I have to persevere and come up higher.  The higher up I come, (armed with the proper facts) the better served I am at handling the next "unfair" thing the harsh world will hand out.  And I have to be able to see the truth and that takes me being honest with myself and the people I have enlisted in life to help me on this journey. The greatest fact I have to be honest about is I cannot do this alone.