The Truth Hurts, But Is a Lie Better?

The funny thing about life is that no one is perfect and even if we tried so hard to be perfect, we wouldn’t be . The whole idea of attaining perfection is just in the mind but it also pushes one to put their best in all they do.

Speaking of lies, we are all victims to this crime in one way or the other. At some point in your life, you probably lied about something just to either get someone off your back, to prevent someone from getting hurt, or to even protect yourself. For these kinds of situations, I’d like to understand that the whole lying process was necessary as it was for a good cause and to prevent an unwanted event or reaction. Growing up, I remember how my junior sister used to tell small small lies on my behalf on numerous occasions. I understand that lying is a sin and we were all kids then so God will understand and forgive us. But now that I’m older, it’s a different story all together. If you know me, you’d know that one of my core values in life is truthfulness. I hate lies so much in my life because I mean why can’t you just say the truth.

I’m a brutally honest individual and I’m not one to lie on most days. I don’t understand why I should lie about something at my big age. If I should speak the truth what’s the worse that could happen. If I don’t have to lie to save a life , I don’t see any other reason why I should be lying on a random. I’d rather speak the truth and be free rather than lie and have to keep lying to cover up my previous lies. As they say, a liar is a thief and in a way, there’s some iota of truth to it. As old as we are today, some people have made it their life’s mission to lies 24/7, all year round. They have no breaks and the funny thing about lying is that, once you start, it becomes a pattern which you can’t stop easily. I know someone who has been telling petty petty lies for so long that he has grown to become a chronic liar. Anything he says now is doubted by all who know him because we are also left questioning ourselves, what if he’s lying?

A few days ago, I managed to catch myself in a lie that I think was so unnecessary when I later went back home and reflected on it. So, I was in a discussion with some friends and something popped up. We have this one person in our circle who takes things too overboard so as we were speaking, I was signaled by another person to leave out some details of what I was talking about. At the end of the day, she kept pushing me to spill it and I had to keep on telling this person oh it not anything when I could just say it all plainly. But if I had, I’m sure we wouldn’t have had our peace I’ve the past few days so I think think lie was a necessary one. For peace and quiet. H be

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