say what you mean, mean what you say, when you wanna say it

why are people so scared to speak their minds? I mean, all of us feel this way at one point or another. usually we feel this way when we feel we have a lot to lose - our pride, our self-respect.. but I imagine that if people keep the lines of communication open.. if we address issues and ask pressing questions at the very moment they pop up.. wouldn't that be so wonderful? maybe we're afraid to get rejected, and maybe we're afraid that we won't like what we're gonna hear. maybe we don't trust others. maybe we feel we're not welcome

there are times we even tell flat out lies by way of how we behave, how we phrase words. just so we "lighten up" on our real intentions. we sugar-coat the truth or say the exact opposite of what we feel. sometimes we just try to fish or extract information, and make hasty conclusions based on what we see. We don't just get to the point, do we? when we do this, we build prisons around ourselves. we want to reach out, but we just lock ourselves up and prevent people from coming in. and night and day, our minds are plagued by the same concerns, the same questions, the same worries, the same fears

i am such an advocate of honesty. it is the most natural thing in the world for people to be honest. but everyone is so full of fears and doubts - and this is what makes telling the truth difficult. i wish i were perfectly honest, too. i wish i could ask the most important questions in my life with the people concerned. i wish i could behave exactly the way i feel. alas, I am not perfect. but God knows that deep inside i am just screaming to be natural