What connects honesty and truth? Merely that saying the truth is honesty? No, not completely. There's something else that links honesty and truth. I think it is courage. And that what often delinks the former two. Very many of us are honest about most things in life. But not always true. Why is that? If saying the truth is honesty, it should be as easy as opening one's mouth. However, life and daily living proves that we 'dare' not be truthful... basically because we are afraid. We do not have the courage, perhaps, can be termed also as the will, to say the truth and stand by it. That's why we camouflage it, go round it, dodge it, avoid it, do everything just to put it behind us and get on in life.
I was watching the movie, 16 Blocks, again, after a long time. The story is about a police officer whose duty is to take a prisoner to court. As simple as that. However, the whole process is complicated when the prisoner is wanted dead by the whole department of police because he was to appear in court and testify against a couple of high ranking officials. What stands between the young prisoner and death is this police officer, who later confesses that he too is one among those against whom he was to testify. Yet, he protects him and safely escorts him at the risk of his own life.
However, another twist awaits at the end. Rather than take the prisoner to court, the police officer himself goes to court to confess and indict his fellow corrupt police officers. As he parts from the young prisoner, he says, "I am sorry I used you. I used you to do something that I should have done myself. I should have confessed six years ago when I did those bad things." Now to say that and live up to it is what courage is all about. So you see, knowledge and truth, may be related but not necessarily equated!
I was watching the movie, 16 Blocks, again, after a long time. The story is about a police officer whose duty is to take a prisoner to court. As simple as that. However, the whole process is complicated when the prisoner is wanted dead by the whole department of police because he was to appear in court and testify against a couple of high ranking officials. What stands between the young prisoner and death is this police officer, who later confesses that he too is one among those against whom he was to testify. Yet, he protects him and safely escorts him at the risk of his own life.However, another twist awaits at the end. Rather than take the prisoner to court, the police officer himself goes to court to confess and indict his fellow corrupt police officers. As he parts from the young prisoner, he says, "I am sorry I used you. I used you to do something that I should have done myself. I should have confessed six years ago when I did those bad things." Now to say that and live up to it is what courage is all about. So you see, knowledge and truth, may be related but not necessarily equated!
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