...honesty: best virtue?...

Would you want to hurt the one you love?

About honesty and truth, there are several words to live by. Let me try to enumerate some: 

"the truth shall set you free"

"honesty is the best policy"

"truth hurts"

"what you don't know will hurt you"

"walang sikretong hindi nabubunyag"

minsan,nag-away magulang ko. Nagdududa na baka mei iba sya.

Ma: "Sabihin mo lang totoo,hindi naman ako magagalit eh.. Gusto ko lang malaman totoo."

pa: "oo na, sige. Merong iba."

Ma: "hayuup! (Beats pa's chest while crying)"

...and that was the start of the never ending trial of Arturo Lozada. A "Not guilty" plea is always a lie for the accuser, and most of the time, it is. Once, pa confided to me his philosophy(in this context,used as 'Way of life') that "Kung makakalusot, eh di ok." sometimes, i would like to believe that had he not admitted his relationship with that other woman and just put a stop to it, they would not go through what they are going through right now.. But then again, that's their problem. My dad is to selfish to let go of one of them because, he said, he has 2 kids with that woman.. However, most of the time, you would doubt that that is his main reason. On the other side of things, my mom refuses to give everything a rest. Though at times her hunches are correct, by not giving it a rest, she's looking for trouble she doesn't want to have. Its pretty messed up, and everything started with admitting something.

Now, on my own part, che and i sometimes do have our differences. Most of the time, i blame her because she doesn't say what she truly feels while i lash out everything i feel. Now, its improving. She does say what she truly feels. And there are times that i don't feel too good about it. Honesty's so freakin double edged. What the hell is it good for if it just hurts either way?