What Is Honesty?

A search of the web for definitions resulted in as many answers that are what honest is not as what it is or perceived to be. Frank, open, truthful and trustworthy, not a lie, cheat or deceitful seems to be the most common of current understanding. A Google search for "how often do people lie" returned many varied results. Seems we lie a lot according to studies, as much as ten times an hour, if we count how many times we lie to ourselves. One study was so bold to state we are lied to 200 times a day. WHY?

HONESTY IS REALITY!*. By deceiving others we are also deceiving ourselves. Rigorous honesty is a formidable task for most of us. We do not want to hurt others feelings, our "stories" are better with a little exaggeration, but most of all I believe we lie to protect ourselves from others.
Thou not exempt from lying, I am finding that honesty, living in reality and truth, eliminates fear (of being found out). No double life that I once lived. The "reality" is I am satisfied with my life today, learning how to trust and be trusted takes honesty.

ARE YOU HAPPY? ARE YOU HAPPY?.......BUT ARE YOU SATISFIED?, Can not remember the name of the speaker.

*Quote from Barry M