Interpersonal Relationship: An Examination of Truthfulness and Wisdom

This assignment delves into the significance of truthfulness and wisdom within interpersonal relationships, drawing parallels to the Seven Sacred Teachings. It defines truthfulness as demonstrating sincerity and honesty in communication, emphasizing the importance of understanding others' perspectives and avoiding manipulation. The assignment also highlights wisdom as a crucial value, encompassing good judgment, knowledge, and experience, which guides decision-making in various aspects of life, including faith, marriage, and contemporary issues. The author reflects on how they enact wisdom and admires the wisdom demonstrated by their sister. References to relevant literature such as DeVito, Clark, & Shimoni (2016) and Bouchard & Martin (2009) support the discussion. The assignment aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of these values and their impact on personal and social interactions.

Running head: INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP 1
Interpersonal relationship
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INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP 2
Interpersonal relationship
Truthfulness, as a positive approach to communication, is similar to the truth in the seven
sacred teachings. Truth entails showing honor and sincerity in what you say and do. They do not
imply depriving one privacy. For example, I do not reveal all my thoughts, plans, and interests to
everybody to express truth. I demonstrate truthfulness and truth by revealing only what is true
and necessary. According to DeVito, Clark, & Shimoni (2016), truthfulness helps us to
understand other people’s points of view and guide us not to manipulate others' feelings for our
selfish goals. Truth also entails the same.
My most important sacred value is wisdom. Bouchard & Martin (2009) defines wisdom
as the quality of being wise reflected in having good judgment, knowledge, and experience.
Wisdom is important to me as it helps to think and act using knowledge, common sense,
experience and instilled values. It directs me to make the right decisions and to make a specific
choice. It is essential, especially knowing that survival and success in life rely on the decisions
and plans we made earlier or I am making now (Tsai, 2018). In the modern world, there are a lot
of changes as compared to ancient times. Therefore I enact wisdom to make wise decisions on
these trends, especially in matters concerning faith, marriage, love, and drug usage. I usually
admire my sister shows wisdom by making unbiased judgments, demonstrates experiential
knowledge and ethical practice, and has compassion.
References
Bouchard, D. & Martin, J. (2009). Seven Sacred Teachings: Niizhwaaswi gagiikewewin (ebook)
North Vancouver, BC: More than Words Publishers.

INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP 3
DeVito, J. A., Clark, D., & Shimoni, R. (2016). Messages: Building interpersonal communication
skills. Addison Wesley Longman.
Tsai, S. (2018). COMM1101 seven sacred teachings (video file). Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?y=3DKkcnESaVU