Honesty

Honesty generally means the complete truth, no lies, and not even minute ones. It is of general view that if saying the truth results in hurting someone’s feelings or create a conflict, it would be better to withhold that truth. However, this idea is not applicable to successful relationships. Relationships dwell on trust, which can only be gained by being completely honest to your partner. Most of us tell small lies to our partners or modified truths so as not to hurt their feelings. But we do not realize that creating trust by being untruthful is the most dishonest thing a person can do. When you hide the truth from your partner, you tend to hide a part of yourself from him/her. This means that your partner is not able to know you completely and hence understand you completely.

Most of us try to hide some things that we feel will not please the other person in the relationship. We do not want them to start hating us for something that we did before. Therefore, we allow our partner to see only one side of the coin. If we want a successful relationship, we must flip the coin to let our partner see the darker side as well. There is nothing to be ashamed of when you are telling the truth. It’s the lies you tell to hide the truth that you should feel ashamed of.

There is an old saying that truth sometimes hurts. This is very true. A truth may initially hurt and even continue to hurt for sometime. But eventually, the truth will also heal. Lies, on the other hand, will heal but only for the time being. Lies do not have legs, they cannot run for long. Once the other person knows about the lies, then the pain caused will be immense and will be etched in the minds of the people involved.

When it comes to a loving relationship, it is always safe to confess the truth. By suppressing the truth, we limit the ability to love the other person, and that person to love us. It is always in our hands to live every moment by choosing either love over fear or truth over lies.

Although it is not known whether it really works or not, many people have started taking help of Feng Shui remedies to improve their relationships and finding solutions to their troubles. The Feng Shui remedy says that if you have to improve your relationships, you must know your personal relationship direction. This direction affects your love life. While sleeping, make sure your head is aligned with your personal relationship direction. In case of couples, Feng Shui remedy states that you should sleep in such a bedroom which is located in the personal relationship direction of the female where as the heads of the couple should be pointing to the personal relationship direction of the male. According to Feng Shui, a couple should not sleep under overhead beams, which can put pressure on the love life.

If your partner asks you to do something, don’t be to hasty in giving your answer as it can have dramatic consequences sometimes. Always take your time to think over it before answering. You should take into account all your priorities which will help in saving regrets.