03/17/2026
Think about the last time someone started a sentence to you (or you started by telling someone else), “I have to be honest with you…” Following that beginning, when has there ever been something said that made you feel good– or was anything other than a criticism? When we preface what we say with, “I need to be honest,” that’s basically code for this is going to suck or you are not going to want to hear this.
It is a funny observation that honesty has such a painful connotation, if not one that is outright negative. Why should telling the truth be painful?
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