▶ Your Answer :
Undoubtedly, honesty plays a significant
role in people’s daily lives in many of the places where they work or play. Some
people think that there is no way to be completely honest with friends while
others do not believe this. If I were asked to choose one, I would say that it
is not possible to completely honest with friends. There are several reasons as
follows.
To
begin with, telling a white lie to their friend allows him or her to improve
important qualities of success. A white lie is sometimes necessary, and it
requires people to be think and care about their friend. This is likely that
bring a better result in life. For example, when I was in high school, my
friend, Minchul, did poorly in school. He tended to get distracted easily,
procrastinate, and act on impulse. However, he has changed little by little
after I started to say that he was really good in school and everything was
going to be alright. I told him a lie, having a good intent, but he believed me
without any doubt. Naturally, he begun to showed a longer attention span, a
stronger passion in his tasks, and a better ability to delay gratification. Therefore,
he got higher score on the SAT than he expected. Without such a white lie, he
would still fall behind.
In
addition, when people always try to be honest, it causes to deteriorate their
mental performance. Telling only a truth in every situation yields a great deal
of pressure. However, telling a few lies is likely to release their muscles
tension caused by stress and anxiety. To illustrate, when my sister, Sujin, was
in high school, she felt depressed thinking that her life became an exhausting
routine. To achieve recognition of her mother, she made a lot of efforts to be perfectly
honest and thus got a great amount of stress and mental fatigue. Fortunately,
she was able to make her life meaningful by escape such obsession. She made a
break from routine, including be absent in school for a day without proper
reason. By doing this, she was able to let off some steam. If she had stayed to
be completely honest, she would not have been able to relieve her stress.
All
things considered, the disadvantages of being completely honest far outweigh
its advantages for the reason I have mentioned above. All in all, being
occasionally dishonest cannot be overestimated in the pursuit of happiness.
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