Of all the lies that could be told, the worst are the ones that are not spoken. They occur when we are dishonest with ourselves.

It bothers me sometimes when I see someone who is a completely different person depending on who they are around. Or someone who’s loyalties are always placed with the people present, but never with the friends distant. Sometimes we call these people two-faced–those who speak out of both sides of their mouths, or those who flip-flop allegiances.

You might think that these people lie to others. In cases of deliberate deception, this may be true. However, I think the case is more often that they are simply not honest with themselves.

To be honest with yourself, you have to know who you are, what your fundamentals are, and what you believe to be true. Conviction is a sure quality of those who are honest with themselves. Honest men and women confront their problems and sticky situations straight on, because they know that they will be true to self whatever the result is. Those who hide from their problems, only do so because they betray their own courage and natural ability to confront their fears.

Too many times we hide behind the excuse of self-discover. I do not claim that any man can know himself completely, because we constant evolve and grow such that our knowledge of our full selves can never be fully acquired. Rather, I think we can all obtain a satisfactory idea about who we are now, and what we believe now, without having to color in the whole picture of our future. Those who cannot invent even the simplest self-mission statement will always be bound by laziness to be someone they aren’t.

I think the game of monopoly got it wrong. When there are bank errors in your favor, if you want to be ethical and try and correct the error, you rarely are left benefitted.

The biggest lies can be the ones that are never spoken. These lies happen when we are dishonest with:

• Ourselves
• Our morals, standards, and values
• Our relationship with our Heavenly Father

It is important that we view ourselves as children of the Most Supreme Father, and as such, we have great value. We need to treat ourselves and be honest with ourselves accordingly. We cannot let the pride of the world influence us into demeaning ourselves, lowering our morals, or forgetting who we are: children of God.

According to the Albuquerque Tribune, a companionship of missionaries in Albuquerque, New Mexico found an envelope from a local financial institution containing two stacks of bills, valued at $1,200. The missionaries turned the money into the police, and joined a list of only 15 other people who had ever turned lost/found money in. The amount of money they turned in was the highest ever for the area. If no one claims the money in 90 days, the missionaries get to keep it.

I guess we are going to have to wait to see if the missionaries get the money or not. On one hand, the envelope was from a financial institution, which might be able to track down the proper owners. On the other had, the missionaries found the money on a crime-heavy street, so there may not actually be any proper owners.

I hope the missionaries get to keep the money, but the greatest reward is the publicity they got for being so honest. Hopefully their true find will be people wanting to learn more about the Gospel because they were so impressed with the missionaries’ honesty.