Today's Reading - For Today

"The first point of courtesy must always be truth." Ralph Waldo Emerson If my friends won't tell me the truth, who will? When someone asks me what think, I can speak the truth without either hurting or flattering. It is tempting to be evasive when I fear someone may not want to hear the truth, but i cannot distort reality out of kindness for another person without myself living a lit. I seek the clarity and the honest communication with another person that come from telling the truth. Excess in anything - even consideration for others - is an expensive indulgence. For today: Do I really believe that withholding the truth to protect someone's feelings is doing that person a favor?