SINCERITY IS AN IMPORTANT QUALITY IN BEING TRUE TO ONESELF

Sincerity is the name of a bridge that can connect what we preach with what we do. It joins, so to speak, two opposite banks of a river — our ideals and our actions. Most of the time, we ourselves do not follow what we generally expect from others. Sometimes, we even do exactly the opposite of what we say.

Thus, sincerity can rescue one from becoming such a miserable character that one fails to recognise as one’s own identity. This dilemma can even make us suffer from dissociative identity disorder (DID) or multiple personality disorder. So, we need to resolve to become more sincere with our commitment to our family, occupation, society, country and of course to the divine.

As English preacher Charles Spurgeon had said, “Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.” Indeed, we can become truthful and honest only by being sincere. It will do us a world of good for our mental health. It saves us from playing a mind-boggling role of a devil’s advocate for rationalising our hypocrisy. In business too, sincerity must be the watchword of a company to enhance its reputation and the brand value of its products. Only a sincere person can be trusted, not only by the others but also by the person himself.