5 things that defines an honest person.
Last week I had this amazing opportunity to go to Oslo and do a bit of business. After a long day of doing work related stuff, we went to meet these Norwegian guys who invited us for dinner. They had their Nepalese friends over who made this amazing curry chicken — heavenly.
We felt this energetic atmosphere, as the conversations flew over the room and stories ignited laughter. I thought — Norwegians are cool. We actually laughed about this part because of the fact that Norway has proper winters. It makes sense that — they are “cool”, corny jokes.
The overall tone of the conversation had this unorthodox sense of absolute honesty and hospitality. It isn’t a crazy new concept, that people tend to be hospitable and show a good impression for foreigners. But somehow, the honesty in those guys was the real knockout move on the whole experience.
Honesty is this feeling you see when somebody is confident in knowing who he is. He doesn’t need to impress you or try to convince you about something. That reminds me of a cool character like Harvey Spector from TV series Suits. He keeps a track of his honesty, not just because of his professional career, but for his sense of power and identity. Well done writers.
At one moment, one of the guys said a thing about his faith and in general the idea was “If you don’t want to know about my faith, you don’t want to know me.” Nothing personal, but let’s be honest.
Honesty is like an expression of a well balanced mind and spirit. To be genuine and say what’s on your mind, it takes more than just a decision to be honest. In truth, it starts with the surroundings.
To put it simply, if you eat junk food you become fat and tired. In contrast, if you have friends that lie and put on fake smiles, you’ll soon end up like that.
A few facts that come to my mind about honest person.
- Honest person believes in keeping his word. He will not say things that he cannot do, therefore what he says has more value.
- Honest person loves himself. Not that he is selfish, but he knows that it is important to take care of yourself.
- Honest person can hurt someone easily, but usually the purpose is to help that other person to grow. Sometimes truth stings.
- Honest person trades the word “Shame” for the word “bold”. He does not accept the word “Shame” in his vocabulary. The word “shame” means the feeling of not being liked or accepted and obviously that compromises the state of honesty.
- Honest people can play safe and be risk takers at the same time. They acknowledged that there are risks, but that doesn’t stop them. Honesty isn't a frame of their character, but a genuine expression of their personality.
Lytham St Annes, United Kingdom
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