Many of us believe and follow a philosophy along a set of terms(whether Christian, Buddha, Hindu, or Islam) that if we share the truth through our honesty, we are objectively safer and doing better for our neighbor than had we lied to them. When we are honest, however, we can be harsh or hyper-realistic and hurt the feelings of our friends or fellow humans. Our honesty can even be biased with prejudice or feelings of racial superiority. What then? If someone told you to be honest, would you remain polite? Or worse, come forward of any unlawful doings you were up to in the past. In today's society, you are expected to uphold the truth to any authority, and anyone who has reached adulthood has hit a conundrum where they realize they must think for themself. Or as I propose; they must be respectfully selfish. Being selfish can feel good, and being honest can feel bad(more on that in a bit). Then there is my psychologist, who tol...
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