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Quickly reviewing the timeline of my personal Facebook account I found an image that had some phrases from Les Luthiers, a group of argentine comedians who mix music and humor in a very ironic and very particular way. If you speak spanish or understand it fairly well, here are some links if you want to know them and have a good time in the process: 1, 2, 3.

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One of the phrases in the image in question was: "Honest people are social misfits." A phrase that in the context of their show is fun, but in reality it is a sad phrase, and even depressing, because it tells us, or implies, that the opposite is the right thing to do, that is to say that normal is dishonesty.

And if we do a quick examination of conscience, and we ask ourselves, how honest am I? I think that not everyone can say that they are in a high percentage. Being honest implies being congruent with what is thought, with what is said, with what is done, with what one feels; first with oneself, and then with others, with our context.

Being honest can be painful. If we ask ourselves those difficult questions that only we can answer, questions like, am I happy? Am I trying my best in everything I do? To give just a couple of examples, answering honestly can be hard.

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While total honesty is practically utopia, because it is not possible to always say what you think without getting into trouble or hurting others, and it is not possible to do only what you want, since there are obligations and responsibilities that must be fulfilled , like it or not, I think having honesty as a compass is very important, and in this world of appearances, consumerism, selfies, self-complacency, and immediacy, sometimes we forget this.

We are social beings, some more than others, but we all need those links with others, we need the acceptance and approval of others, but sometimes in search of that acceptance, if we are not careful, we can get lost along the way, we can be dishonest with ourselves without realizing it.

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We study a profession not because we like it, but because our parents want it, or because we believe it can ensure us a stable future. Suddenly we stay with that couple with whom we are not totally happy as long as we are not alone, or we keep silent about what we think so as not to be labeled as "weird" by others.

While a certain level of hypocrisy is a necessary evil to be politically correct, I believe that we must seek a healthy balance on a personal level that allows us to coexist in harmony with others and be as authentic, congruent and honest, as we can.

It is important to be more mature as a society, and that to the new generations, generally misunderstood and misunderstood, beyond belonging to a time they did not choose, in which the image and the immediate are the norm, we instill solid values, in which integrity, tolerance, respect, to mention only a few, are the basis, which leads us to other issues such as the family model, education, the complex socio-economic reality in which we live, and so on.

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It is not easy to be honest, that is a fact, it is much easier to be dishonest, the usual example of this is politicians, who get rich at the expense of those they should serve, and while it is true that we can be dishonest without wanting to , I think it is important at the individual level, to try to be clear about who we are, what we want, where we are going, and try to be as faithful as possible to ourselves and the path we want to travel, and have honesty as a compass.

If we succeed, perhaps in the future, which we hope is not utopian, some other group of comedians may say as a joke in one of their shows that the dishonest are the social misfits.

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