Honesty is such a lonely word...

There has been a scandal in the United States about a man who was kind of a reporter for a sort of news organization who had website hiring himself out as a gay escort. This was reported on a Blog. (I think it was even on a Blogspot.com Blog.

It all comes down to honesty.

In my hometown there is a large social services organization that is shutting it doors at the end of the month. The downfall of this organization started when it was found that it's leadership was not using funds the way the reported them, and as they were chartered to do so by the state. The misdeads of a few will affect thousands of people and vendors who were working to help the less fortunate.

It all comes down to honesty.

A Catholic Priest was just convicted of molesting several boys.

It all comes down to honesty.

All around us companies make claims about products, yet sometimes we find they were not honest about them. Everyday some one tells us something that they believe is true, or want us to believe is true.

It all comes down to honesty.

Several years ago I worked for a man who is right now a multi-billionaire. He owns a few companies and a winery. Has several houses across the country and travels the world with out a care for how to pay for it. There was an article written about him in a trade magazine. The lead paragraph explains how some people know him to be dishonest. Yet, this man has his money and property and for him, life is good.

I'd rather be flat busted broke than to have anyone, ever say that I was less than honest.

Why is it hard to expect honestly of everyone?


Thanks to Billy Joel for the line of lyric from "Honesty", used without permission.