thoughts about living

2 days ago, i had a chat with a senior person and many thoughts (and questions) came to mind.

honesty. or is it stupidity. although i strongly belief that honesty comes first, i sometimes question the boundary between coming clean(a.k.a being honest) and telling too much ( well, being stupid). does holding back information means a person is lying? you could claim that you didn't "lie" as nothing was mentioned, but how is withholding information different from lying? well, if you think about it, a person tells a lie to cover up a situation, with an intent to avoid attention or to give a different informative signal (consider case when your actions are contingent on knowing whether an event happened or not).

another issue is career. are the tried and tested paths always correct? to what extent should one challenge the 'norm' in career development? what if there is no turning point? As a Christian I believe God has His ultimate plan for me in the Book of Life, and he guides me and does not let me go too far off. But how does one counsel another person on this matter. Is the God perspective the only perspective? what are the arguments to challenge this notion?

the idea of certain types of people gravitate to each other. 'great minds think alike' and 'fools seldom differ' are two common sayings. is this the reason for a widening income gap? or social wellbeing? to what extent can an individual be trained to do something, or trained to learn how to think.

*headache*

edit: should stay focused. do everything and anything possible to achieve my goals. and don't change goals too often.