#platform/youtube #channel/Master-YongHua #playlist/dharma-seeds  But I would tell you one great advantage of being straightforward is that even if we offend them, if we can overcome that problem, the the bond becomes stronger. This the nature of relationship is faith. It's based on faith, on trust. If they know you straight forward with them, they believe you can be trusted. Why? Because no one else is straightforward with them, by the way. No one. Everyone out there, our society, we conditioned to lie to protect ourselves. It doesn't pay to be straightforward. You cannot be yourself. You're so afraid to offend someone and be judged.