"If he had let himself believe he was being cruel to Celia he couldn't have done it.... He was, like many brutally honest men, dishonest about himself. He thought himself a finer fellow than he really was..."
- "Unfinished Portrait" by Mary Westmacott (Agatha Christie)
So I stole this from a friend's note on Facebook; but it really struck me.
It's hard to gauge how we are perceived by people because we have this idea of ourselves and either we hold ourselves to be better than we are, or we beat ourselves down and think we are worse than we are.
This is why honesty in relationships is SO important, because sometimes it takes a kick in the head for us to realize we're completely oblivious of how we're treating the people in our lives.
Think about it.
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