Truth and courage

Watched the old Rajesh Khanna movie - Bawarchi. One line to take away from it - "It is simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple." Pithy words.
Was in a pensive mood for the last one hour after that. And as the thoughts of those one hour crystallized, two things stood out looking at simplicity in life. One - it is very important to be truthful. I feel just having the truth out at every point in life will be the single most important thing to have a simple life. No lies, no cover ups, no hesitation, no complications at all.
Wouldn't it be so wonderful if you could take everyone's words at face value, without having to worry about how much is true? Thinking over the past few days turn of events I can very well vouch for the simplicity that would have come in my life :)
Second is the courage to be truthful. This goes hand in hand with being true. You cannot be truthful if one does not have the courage to say the truth. Not saying anything is not being truthful. It is a very admirable quality to be able to say the truth, what one has deep down in his/her heart without any reservations. In fact so many times, we do not even realize that deep down we are thinking something completely different, we stop identifying the existence of a truth deep down. So conditioned are we to say the 'right' thing, even though it may not be true.
You have been famished and on your way from work have to go an drop something at a relative's place, someone asks you - "Would you like to eat something?" and reflexively the answer is "No I am full thanks!". You may be cursing yourself later on about having said yes then! but thats how it happens always doesn't it?
The courage to be truthful, first to yourself and then to the world, attain that and life will be simple :)