Where is truth safe?

Tonight I went out for a little cruise on the "ol girl" (Picture to left) and I got to thinking....

Is honesty REALLY the best policy? What if that honesty isn't received well by others? Is it still best? All in all, where is truth safe?

This is the context in which these questions arrived in my head.
If I had something I had to tell someone that maybe wasn't the "best" news on the earth, but it was the straight up T-R-U-T-H....would I tell them?

Immediately, I started thinking of people that I know without a doubt I would tell....and those I would not.

My thoughts then led me down a path of more questions. "Why wouldn't I tell certain people?"

My answer? I would only tell the truth to those people in which I felt "safe" with.

Scenario #1
If I knew that me telling someone the truth was going to cause them to look at me differently, question things about themselves or hurt them in any way, then regardless of how I communicated these truths, they would not be accepted well. In fact, they may cause problems.

Scenario #2
If I knew that no matter what I said, their response would be, "I may not understand the why's and what's of it, but I don't see you any different and I still love you", then I would feel free to share truth.

Despite these two scenarios, I think truth is only safe when we, ourselves, are safe with it. Regardless of how the scenario plays out before us, if we are convinced knowing that we know, that we know, that we know that our truths are in their purest form, how can truth not be safe?

Where is truth safe?

Answer: Truth is safe in a place where we are willing to accept it...no matter what!