What the laws do not prohibit, honesty can prohibit (Seneca) Honesty is the most brilliant value of the human being, because it goes hand in hand with honor, sincerity, justice? It is the most ...
What the laws do not prohibit, honesty can prohibit (Seneca)
Honesty is the most brilliant value of the human being, because it goes hand in hand with honor, sincerity, justice? It is the most pleasant quality that one can possess and the one we seek and demand most from people, since it is the indispensable value for relationships to develop in a climate of trust and harmony, it is a guarantee of credibility that manifests itself when there is coherence between what is thought and the conduct of actions. The way of life of each one speaks of their honesty and is recognized in the sincerity of words and behaviors, in the fulfillment of obligations and commitments, in discretion and seriousness before confidences and personal secrets, in loyalty and fidelity, in the clean look, in the goodness of the pure feelings of a noble heart.
We encounter dishonest attitudes on a daily basis, such as hypocrisy, people who, in order to gain the esteem of others, go with lies and deceptions and pretend to have a personality that they do not have, because they are aware that what they possess is not good and, instead of changing, they try to sow discord among family and friends with slander and defamation. This way of proceeding leads us to break the ties established in the family and friendship bond, since coexistence under these parameters is unsustainable because we are unable to relate and trust each other.
These types of undesirable people are unscrupulous wretches who play with feelings. With their emotional blackmail, they pretend to feel an 'envenomed' affection in order to carry out their malevolence and instead of abhorring their conduct, they attribute malicious inventions and judge lightly. That is being dishonest, vile and quarrelsome.
Unfortunately, in today's society honesty is conspicuous by its absence, however, not so long ago honesty was a value on the rise and it was not necessary to sign anything, the given word 'was gospel'. Today the honor and dignity of people are not respected and are trampled on without shame or consideration.
Honesty is also needed in politics, hence the discredit and lack of trust, but there will always be some exception. This is the case of an American that we will put as a model, hopefully 'the example will spread': Harry S. Truman, as president of the USA made as many or more decisions than the 42 presidents who preceded him, but his greatness comes from what he did after leaving the White House.
In 1953 he retired from official life and all his income consisted of an Army pension of $13,507 a year. When his successor, Eisenhower, took office, Truman and his wife returned to their home in Missouri, driving their own car without any Secret Service company. They say that as President he paid for travel and food expenses with his own money. The only property he had was the house inherited by his wife. When Congress learned of his precarious situation, they granted him a supplement of $25,000 per year, and when he was offered corporate positions with high salaries, he rejected them saying: "You don't want me, what you want is the figure of the President and that does not belong to me. It belongs to the American people and is not for sale?"
Even when on May 6, 1971 Congress was preparing to award him the Medal of Honor for his 87th birthday, he refused to accept it saying: "I do not consider that I have done anything to deserve that recognition, whether it comes from Congress or anywhere else." This singular man wrote: "My vocations in life were always to be a piano player in a brothel or to be a politician. And to tell the truth, there is not much difference between the two." Could it be said that this could be the story of an honest politician, of those politicians that are no longer left?
Today's politicians cling to the office and their shady dealings. There is no one to kick them out. Sir George Bernard Shaw, Nobel Prize winner (literature-1925) wisely said about politicians: "Politicians and diapers must be changed often...and for the same reasons."
Yes, for that very reason it is time to change the policies of politicians, because dirty politics tarnish politicians, and the people pay for it.
