Real Honesty

"To be honest", he added to his statement. Should you believe that previous conversations may not have been entirely honest or that the person was silent purposely about the matter? Where does diplomacy end and honesty begin? Is there such a thing as a "white lie" or partial truth? Or is is black or white --- real or unreal?

Telling the truth is something we grow up with and learn with the issue of relationship management. The comedy movie "Liar Liar" dealt with this (although I haven't seen it because I dislike John Carey movies). The truth hurts or as Jack Nicholson said in his famous line of "A Few Good Men" - "You can't handle the Truth".

Can you handle the truth?

"Our deepest desire is not for the desirable - but for the real - if we are honest" Peter Kreeft