When I didn’t know, I said so.

For more than twenty years, I worked as a psychiatrist. Patients asked me questions I could answer—and some I couldn’t.

When I didn’t know, I said, “I don’t know.”

That answer may not sound impressive. But pretending to know would have been dishonest, and it would not have helped the person who asked. The truth was a better place to start.

“I don’t know.”

I still try to live that way. I tell the truth as best I can. When I don’t know, I say so.

— Jishin 自心 ⭕️

When has someone’s honesty earned your trust?

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