honest abe, i mean honest me.

honesty seems to be a historically pronounced trait to possess, whether it was abe lincoln or george washington. the significance of this quality is probably due to it's rarity. 

two incidences in the last two hours have basically blown up this issue in my life. first and foremost, i have made it one of my new year's resolutions to be more honest. as hard as it might be to be 100 percent honest. partial truth is not truth. it is a lie. 

anyways, back to these two moments of brilliance. the first occurred when i read an email by a very dear influential friend. they sent me a song to listen to, because we have been exchanging songs for fun. it is a blast. nonetheless, they sent me this song called "someone to fall back on" which is this amazing brilliant song about a guy being honest about what he is or isn't. and his honesty seems to be ridiculously compelling. it was like that trait took him to the highest virtue. it was a beautiful song about being honest with yourself and with others. let's just be honest for a second, you're not fooling anyone, so why pretend. i guess this song was amazing because i wasn't expecting a song that was so unadorned. which is not like the world we live in, which is ridiculously whitewashed. so to hear some unadulteration was just mind blowing. i love the concept of being this honest. get what you see, take it or leave it. 

the second occurrence of honest brilliance was in an email from an awesome and incredible friend. he was just so transparent from the beginning to the end of the email with no ulterior motives. there was something that again moved me as i read it. i just thought of the amazing metaphor that honesty seems to portray. it is like you give someone your most flawed thing that you possess, your pride, isolation, laziness, inconsistency, failure, whatever is the weakest thing in your life and you give it away when you are honest. allowing people to have complete care of your frailty. my friend has done this completely. he owned up to his mess. he became human. all the while totally embracing the spiritual. although this does not always come out pretty, there is an incredible amount we can learn about how honesty is communicating a great love that most never experience. honesty is like a prism that allows love to be dispersed in all directions due to the brokenness that is innately in honesty. when's the last time that you lit up someone's light with colorful light? 

peaks out.