Truthful means being or expressing
the truth; being honest.And ‘Human’ means relating to or characteristic of humankind.But is
it important to be human you should be truthful too?Specially in today’s time when
manipulation,corruption,unhealthy competition are at it’s peak,is it possible to be truthful!
Well to answer this question’s we need to understand the importance of being truthful as
humans.A man’s character can be judged by his values.As Gandhi said that character is
based on virtuous action and virtuous action is grounded on Truth.However is it always right
to be truthful?
Humans are social animal.We like to live our life with our family,friends or other fellow
beings.It’s a phycological need for us.And to build a relationship with other fellow human
beings there should be trust.Which comes from being truthful to each other.As truth is one of
the virtue that can never be hidden.Even the ancient Indian history sites stories like raja
Harishchand who sacrificed everything for the sake of truth.Prophet Mohammed’s
philosophy of religion was accepted by people of that time because he was known for being
truthful or trustworthy.Also,to succeed in any field be it in business,job,studies one needs to be
truthful.It brings tranquility and stability whereas lying brings pain,confusion and uncertainty.
Lies can’t be hidden.Gandhi’s autobiography “My experiments with truth” is one of best
work on the importance of being truthful.Where he famously states that“Truth is like a vast
tree, which yields more and more fruit, the more you nurture it.”One should also note that as
human being we also should be truthful to our own self.Cause if you can’t be honest to
yourself you will loose self respect and will fail in the most of the things in life.Also that will
result in having no respect in the society.
Humans are also the only living being who has the ability to lie.According to various
studies it has been found that human children start lying when they are as young as six
months of age.To seek attention children lie through fake crying or laughing.As time passes we become good in it.But with time we learn from mistakes and work on our this kind of
cognitive behaviours.As lies brings bad name in society or we loose the trust of others we try
to reduce it.But again lies can bring fortune,short-term glory,popularity,thrill etc.But as we
have already discussed it’s a temporary thing and doesn’t last forever.Though it is important
to be truthful but in some instances one should know when it is better not to tell the truth.A
harmless truth is always the best thing to stick with.Truth that can hurt someone,can cause a
grater damage to a honest man or society should be avoided.Lying for self protection,to save
someone’s life from evil factors are consider as a greater truth. What’s important is, being
sensible with respect to the situation and time.Otherwise lies should be avoided at all cost
cause bad habits like this become habitual in no time.
Truthfulness has a great impact on a human’s spiritual self too.Lies brings
fear,disturbance,confusion in our minds.Specially in modern time where human’s are out of
tune of their own self.Which makes human being more vulnerable to depression,neurosis and
instability of mind,spirituality has became a prominent factor in day to day life.To attain
spirituality one have to be truthful.
Not only due to benefits and loss as a social species it is our moral obligation of being
truthful to our fellow human being.Not only it bring self satisfaction in long run,it’s also a
human’s responsibility of being the most smart living being of this planet.So,though to be
human it might not be necessary to be truthful but it is of course important,healthy and
always the best choice to make if it possible.It’s after all the choices that we make that makes
us human.
We can now safely say that being truthful is absolutely prominent to man’s welfare.After
all we are immortal being.All of us do want to keep a good name behind before we die.On
the death bed nobody wants people to curse them or remember them for their lies, the trust
he broke.As there is a saying that when you came to the world everyone laughed and you
cried,but when you die you should be the one laughing and everyone around you should be
crying.That’s the essence of a well lived human life.So I would like to conclude this easy by
saying be truthful,be human.
