wisdom drop

I overheard a ​singular piece of wise one day three
​bites into a chocolate glazed.

A balding white guy wearing a ​Harley-Davidson leather
vest, and a woman with long, ​black hair whom I 
guessed to be ethnically Chinese, were in the midst of
a not-quiet, the-whole-store-could-hear conversation.
​Whether they were long-standing friends or
locationally-close acquaintances I could not tell. The
biker spoke/ yelled from his yellow, chipped booth
across the aisle to her in hers. Only the shop owner,
busy doing something, and I, were also in the store.
Greenback ​Lane outside, its clumps of vehicles rolling
by, twenty feet away and broadly visible through the
smudged plate glass. The donut I ate was good but not
nearly as ​good as I remembered chocolate glazeds being.

"You have to be honest to yourself" said the biker to the
woman; and, probably unknowingly, to me.

You have to be honest to yourself. Of course, you do
not have to be honest with yourself. I am rather sure
that ​sometimes I have not.

But let's go to the idea/ probable intent of his
sentence: that it is good to know oneself, and to live
from that knowing. With that I often/ typically/ usually
whole-heartedly agree. Generally.  

I altered his sentence in my head to make it stronger
(it seemed to me): you would be smart to be honest to
yourself. I would be smart to be honest with myself.
Honest in my history, habits, intentions, ​goals. If I know
who and how I am, I can make more solid decisions
from there. True enough. Good. With this I agree. ​

But how does one know oneself to be honest with?

You, of course, have your own story and your own
measure of honesty. How are they going for you? 
​
LukeyoutheU is a collection of stories. Many stories.
Perspectives. Stories are how I/ we understand life.
​Read them, listen to them, consider them as you wish.
If you do, they can help you in your own honesty. They
can help you to be, to better be, and better become.​
They've for sure helped me.