“An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.” Proverbs 24:26 NIV
How hard is to give/find honest answers. If we are honest, we often think, we won’t look as good, people might judge us, etc. That’s probably true, but if we prevent people from dislike us we also prevent them from truly liking us for who we are.
In other words, by being dishonest we do not allow people to truly love us and consequently we will never know who truly love us either.
To love and to be love is the most foundational of human relational needs. This can only be tapped in when we are fully honest with ourselves and our loved ones.