PS> What helps in the effort to get more honest, I think. One is having a good role model, someone you really admire and would like to be like, who's honest. My husband is scrupulously honest, and generally scrupulously ethical, and I think I've become much more moral by being with him. Another, related piece is recognizing the connection between doing and being. I don't want to BE the kind of person who DOES certain things. I don't want to be a thief, so I don't steal. I don't want to be a liar, so I .... I always told my kids that the real punishment for anything they did that was bad, was just having to BE the person who did a bad thing.