Honesty Seemed to be the Hardest Word

Honesty Seemed to be the Hardest Word

“Honesty is such a lonely word, everyone is so untrue…”

                As the lyrics go, I am not in any way aiming my cannons to anybody. It is just the fact that they seemed to be gazed by my write-ups although they are not whom I am pertaining to.

                Perhaps, even at the birth of mankind, dishonest people lurked or simply roamed around in every corner of the society. And nowadays, we keep on hearing corruption here and elsewhere. It seems that dishonesty is like a cancer that cannot be cured. The only difference is that it can be and can surely be beneficial.

                As I’ve mentioned earlier, political corruption is the perennial target of blame from among the society. But in my very own point of view, we should first take a look at the primary root. It’s not actually my ambition to be a preacher someday but all I can say that dishonest starts at home. Even a petty thievery from dad’s pocket or from mom’s sales can be considered dishonesty.

                Next in line is the institution where we thrive, the school. Of course, in order to earn high marks, some have resorted to copying and to make the situation worse, massive cheating. Having such unnatural characteristic is of course beneficial. The only problem with regards to dishonesty is most of the time they make it as a habit. Now, it creeps up to almost every major player in the society, mostly government officials. Then people started complaining to these congressmen, senators that if one is getting higher grades in school, if the senator is enriching himself, nobody cares about honesty.

                Generally, dishonesty is like shooting a person. If you are not caught, then you don’t even care despite your conscience. Like in school, if you were not caught cheating by anyone around, then you doesn’t care about it. Well, if that is the case, never mind the eighth commandment.

“Honesty is hardly ever heard, and mostly what I need from you…”