Honesty is Always the Best Medicine

Consider a period when you were completely immersed in the moment. What were your capabilities? What were your characteristics? When you were free, how did you see yourself? I say to you let honesty be the medicine for these quests of life.   “Your Actions Will Seek You Out”- Father Gabriele Amorth When you are honest with yourself, you accept your shortcomings and purpose towards your life. People's opinions of you can become less relevant if you have adequate self-awareness. You may become more brave as you realize that the world and the opinions of people cannot bring you down. If someone tells you that you can't achieve something you know you can do, your morale will likely remain unaffected, allowing you to proceed courageously towards your goals. That’s the thing about honesty is that you feel a sense of fearless behavior within yourself.   Creation of Self-Perception: We seek for positive public opinion because we have begun to believe that we are what others perceive us to be. We strive to conceal our truth from the outside world because we fear it would disqualify us from the 'in-crowd.' When you are truthful with yourself, you begin to own your reality and stop hiding behind public opinion. The life you were attempting to hide from everyone begins to feel attractive. Being truthful to yourself may make life simpler, less complicated, and far more beautiful. You grow less reliant on others and more reliant on yourself. You begin to love yourself, flaws and all, and this is the tipping moment towards contentment and inner peace.

Students Imbibe Lessons in Honesty With This Out of the Box Initiative

A government school in Tamil Nadu has come up with a novel way of imparting lessons in honesty to students. The initiative has not only transformed children but has also thought them the value of money. Some lessons are best taught to children in a practical way. The Stationary Shop The stationary shop opened at Union Middle School in Pudukkottai sets forth lessons in honesty. A shop has been opened in the school that contains stationary books, pens, pencils etc. which are labeled with price tags, but there is no vendor. Students can take whatever items they want and deposit the appropriate amount of money in a box kept for that purpose. There will be no one at the shop to monitor their transactions. Life Lessons Learnt This initiative is the brainchild of Mekala, a Mathematics teacher who said that the idea is to teach children life-oriented lessons. When they do not have the exact amount for a product, then they learn to get balance amount for it. Thus they also apply what they learn in class at the store. If there is demand for a particular book or any other item, teachers ensure that they keep a stock of it. Every month, there is a sale of Rs 1,000-Rs 1,200 at the store. Parents are happy about the honesty store as it inculcates in their children valuable lessons of truth and honesty. One parent even said that such lessons will help shape their career drastically.