Why Lie?

Yes, I know it seems like such an unrealistic question to ask in today's world, why lie? Why not speak the truth and see where honesty gets you. That's the philosophy that I was raised knowing, if you are honest you earn respect, there is no need to lie because one lie turns into two lies and the list goes on. The truth comes out eventually, a lie can't hold up forever.

I know that most of you are thinking "Well, lying spares feelings" okay yes it does but honesty also keeps you out of the doghouse. Think about it this way. Would you rather be hurt for a short time or be deceived time and time again? As humans we are resilient we overcome things daily. So, sticks and stones may break your bones but words should never hurt you. Lying to someone isn't just a word its a thing, a deceptive thing that happens to each of us daily whether we are the ones fibbing or someone else is lying to us.

Open your mind for a minute and really think about this. How many of our problems stem from lies? We were lied to and instead of moving on we stay mad. That in which we have every right to be mad cause we naturally assume that we would be told the truth especially by those closet to us. Lying and trust are two things that have a close-knit relationship. without trust, there is lying and in today's world, you have to assume that you can not trust anyone because they lie to you.

We can never really move past this deceit as it is programmed into humans DNA, NO!! back up there...... its a taught thing, we are taught that in certain circumstances that creating a white lie is appropriate and that stems and changes into " I didn't want to hurt their feelings" lying should mean hiding, you are hiding who you are truly are. You are shying away because some people are assholes that judge. That's another thing, often times people are twisting their self-image to match others in fear of rejection so they are lying about who they truly are. The more I type this, the more the reality is that the world is such a messed up the place that we'll never be able to speak the full truth because brutal honest comes without judgment or sudden conclusions about someone you don't know. Essentially judging a book by its cover. Looks shouldn't matter and over half of the time, the bully has more in common with the one they are bullying then the company they chose to keep.


Take a step back look around and reevaluate the company that you keep because deception lies in the hidden corners of our lives and you never know who might truly be lying to you.

Thank you.
Maddie