So many people told me that the games are necessary, that honesty makes you vulnerable, that the price of being real is getting hurt. And I believed them for a while. But the best thing I've discovered is that the opposite is true. Games don't protect you from pain—they create pain. Honesty, while riskier, actually protects you better because you know what's real. 🎭

The best thing for me is to commit to being the honest one. To be the person who doesn't play. To be the person who says what she thinks and feels. And to accept that some people won't like that. Some people will leave because they wanted games, and that's okay. Better to be alone than with someone who needs lies to stay. 💚

I think the best thing is to understand that not every strong feeling means it's the right relationship. Some feelings can be intense but still unhealthy. The best thing is to ask myself: am I growing here? Am I becoming more myself or less myself? Is there honesty or is there performance? Those questions matter more than how strong the feelings are. 🤔

The best thing for me is to build relationships—not just with one person, but with friends, family, people I trust—based on complete honesty. To say the hard things. To admit when I'm wrong. To ask for what I need. To expect the same from others. And if they can't do it, to let them go without bitterness. 💙

I realize the best thing is to stop waiting for perfect circumstances or perfect people. The best thing is to be the honesty I want to see. To live without games and see who naturally gravitates toward that. Some will. They'll recognize it and appreciate it. And those are the people worth having in my life. 🌷

And maybe—just maybe—a relationship built on genuine honesty, without games, without lies, without tests... maybe that's actually the most beautiful thing that can happen. Not exciting in a dramatic way, but beautiful in a real way. Deep. True. 💫

Is it naive to believe that honesty can be attractive, not boring? Or is that actually the most realistic thing I could believe? 🌟