Being Truthful Or Being Hurtful ?

“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” Anonymous.

It is only words but it can build or destroy a friendship. Words are like a double edge sword and it can cut both ways.

Should you tell the truth and nothing but the truth all the time?


In court , you will have to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth or you would be committing perjury which can land you 10 years in jail.

In your relationship with your friends, you cannot be truthful all the time or your friend will be hurt by your comments.Words can be easily misconstrued as those same words may mean another thing to another person It is only your opinions and it may not be the universal truth.

Sometimes we have to tell a white lie and preserve the harmony in our relationships.
In any friendship, the line between speaking the truth and being unkind can be very fine.

We need to properly choose our words so as not to offend our friends. Most of the time we speak without much thought. We just speak what comes into our mind and later regret it.

If what we want to say will hurt our friends, then we should not speak it out.We should just keep it to ourselves and let it pass or throw those words into the deepest part of the ocean.Some may not agree and think that we ought to call a spade a spade.

This is undiplomatic and can hurt our friends feelings and she may hate you for it or your relationship may suffer.

Sometimes, words are not enough and only tears flow and other times , silence is better than words.

If we do not want others to do unto us, we should not do unto others.

Be the devil or be an angel .

“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” Martin Luther King Jr




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