RaspberryLemon
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Honesty and openness is essential in my relationship with my Master. He and I are both 100% honest with each other at all times, even when feelings may be hurt--lying to make someone feel better is pointless and gets you nowhere, and I believe it is highly counterproductive to actual closeness. I don't lie to him, he doesn't lie to me. Ever. I don't omit things nor do I keep any secrets from him. He does not omit things or keep secrets from me. Ever. To each other we are open books, and we believe that dealing with things in this way is absolutely necessary to establishing and maintaining the closeness and trust that we have on such a deep and complete level. I believe those that I care about deserve the truth and they deserve honesty, just as I feel I deserve it from them. I am, however, not infallible. I never lie or keep secrets from my Master, because that works wonderfully for our relationship and it wouldn't work otherwise. But I sadly cannot say the same about other relationships at times. Bluntness is always preferable to me, but I cannot maintain the level of trust and closeness I have with my Master so completely with everyone in my life. There are occasions in which being slightly gentler in my words than what I truly believe is something I must do to maintain certain relationships with hypersensitive individuals (certain family members--you can choose your romantic partner and your friends, but you are stuck with the family you've got...I can't (or rather, don't want to) simply destroy these relationships with a zero-tolerance policy to dishonesty on my part. It is occasionally necessary to censor myself to avoid burning bridges here.) It pains me to know that at times I was dishonest with these people who are important to me, but for these relationships I have occasionally found it necessary when complete bluntness and honesty was not an option. That being said, whenever I can, I am always honest, even if said honesty faces me with conflict. I would say that, in general, I am a very honest person. I try my best to maintain that in all areas of my life without burning bridges. It is regrettable when this is not possible, and I always feel as if I have failed as a person when the occasion arises in which I feel it necessary to choose omission or dishonesty over absolute truth. I strive to be someone who can be completely honest with everyone, all the time. Perhaps one day I will figure out a way to accomplish this without ruining certain family relationships, perhaps not. I can only try and hope for the best here, and understand that nobody is perfect.
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