Honesty

"What happened to honesty?"

That is a riposte a friend grumbled when I said that I asked for more than I thought I would get in order to get what I need.

He stopped me literally in my tracks. It appeared at that moment, that my entire life has been "gamed" by an institution, or rather a culture, that asks more while expecting less. Occasionally even impossible objectives are posited with a whiff of earnest sincerity when the challenges are steepest.

Being in that game, I found myself doing the same thing, and being called out for it, I am now over it.

"He speaks with a forked tongue."

It worries me that politics in government and life are muddled by calculated posturing "to move the center" that I cannot identify genuine opinions as pundits advance a positions to fall back from. It is called back-sliding, and it is dishonest. Yes, it is a minor worry. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T