Radical Honesty
How honest are you truly? Do you really keep it a buck* at all times? Does it depend on who or when it is?
If you said yes to keeping a buck at all times then let’s see if you truly do:
If you have ever said “I’ll let you know” when you know you’re not going to let them know..
If you ever tell two versions of the same truth because one person can “handle” the harsher version of it..
If you ever ghosted someone..
If you don’t tell your mom half the shit you really want to say (You wouldn’t dare)..
Then no, you do not.
You might have also said at some point “it’s not you, it’s me” when it’s really them. You sugar coat the BS when you really don’t have to.
People scream keep it 100* until it’s time to do so and it’s okay. Just be okay with knowing you didn’t stand on that same notion at that time and quit acting like you’re the realest person in the world, because let’s not act like there isn’t a grey area on when and where to be “real”. We have all seen when keeping it real goes wrong. I am here to help you keep it real so that things go right and one way to do that is to do one little thing..
Please, it’s not much.
Be the example of when keeping it real goes right, not wrong. You don’t want to hear that man’s voice in your head like “you know you fucked up right?”. Y’all know who I’m talking about.
In all honesty, THE TRUTH, the real TRUTH is scary. As funny as it is to say, you can’t handle the truth even if you’re not the one on the receiving end.
Let’s keep it a bean*.
If “this hurts me more than it hurts you” was a person it would be you. You hold back that hard truth sometimes because you’re afraid. there might be other conditions that prevents and/or makes you consciously decide not to say anything.
It’s important to understand that the notion of keeping it a buck/100* differs from person to person due to the conditions, exceptions, and morals involved. If you don’t agree with that then ponder me this, do you eat at everybody’s house? probably not, that’s because there’s a disconnect in whatever the fuck they’re doing or not doing that you don’t rock with, but it’s okay because you like them as a person so you smile and say you already ate.
If you eat at everybody’s house then either you are an extremely nice person or you have a character I can’t mess with. Either way, I don’t know what to really say about that other than you should probably stop eating at everyone’s house. People are nasty… Don’t be nasty.
There’s a certain amount of courage you need to keep it a buck when you actually need to. That courage is not always available when you need it and at the time you realize it’s not there then push through to say what needs to be said, If it actually needs to be said because some of y’all just say whatever and think that’s what was “needed”. Remember Chrissy and Kimbella? If not, refer to that.
In reality, there’s only a few people you can actually have complete transparent/radical honesty with from my experience. Those are the people who’s food you will eat at their house and not have to question it (Unless it’s brussel sprouts, trash). This is because the fear and conditions that typically accompanies the raw and brutal truth either disappear and/or is significantly lowered. It’s not always that you’re afraid of telling them, but you’re afraid of saying it out loud.
Keep it a buck with yourself in order to keep it a buck with others.
Have a good day
*Keeping it a buck/bean/100/real is to tell the direct and honest truth
