Honestly with self is the hardest kind. Being honest with ourselves requires multiple traits.

• Self awareness to identify the good, bad and the grey.
• Humility to recognize our flaws and weakenesses, especially those which have been blind spots until now.
• Courage to accept them even as they alter our perception of self.
• Finally strength to pick ourselves up and go in the right direction from thereon.

When we can acknowledge our deepest insecurities, fears and flaws, we are already more than half way on the road to improvement. When we make it a habit, we become more self secure and no fall is too hard to bounce back from.