I believe that honesty isn’t always the best policy. Every time I think about someone that I've hurt or that has hurt me, I’m reminded that we should all think before we talk. When we were kids we were taught that honesty is always the best policy and that no matter what you should be honest to everyone. For example, if something in your house gets broken, and your parents ask you “who broke this?” your reply should be “I’m so sorry mom/dad it won’t happen again.” But as they get older it becomes A LOT MORE complicated.

I started believing in this after someone told me that I wasn’t good enough. I noticed that the way they said it made me believe it and I started to hate myself. Feeling this way made me want to be distant from everything. I felt like I wasn’t even in my body. It was like I was a puppet, like I couldn't move my own body, I couldn’t talk, I couldn't walk, I couldn’t even breathe.

On a deeper level, honesty reminds us that although the truth can be useful sometimes, it can be harmful if you don’t use it properly. In a world where honesty is always the best policy, first we need to think about the people we are being honest to and of course you shouldn’t be honest to a stranger. But we all need to be careful of how honest we are because in some cases people are very sensitive and can be hurt easily.

For example, when I told my sister she wasn’t good at drawing, she ran to my mom crying and said that I was bullying her. But I didn’t realize at that moment that I was doing anything wrong. I was just trying to be nice and tell her so that she could fix it but instead she just didn’t want the truth and instead she wanted support. That’s why I believe honesty isn’t always the best policy because it could hurt them on the inside but they might not show on the outside.

So yes I believe that honesty isn’t always the best policy. So the next time you are honest about something, remember to think about what their reaction could be, and if it would hurt them physically or emotionally. So in the end, we are all friends, but that could come and go really quickly. So make sure to be careful with how you say things. So this concludes my essay on honesty, therefore I believe that honesty isn’t always the best policy.