Stupefied!

If being honest is a crime, sue me. I’m guilty of being exceptionally honest. It’s a trait that I would like to alter at times but most times I pride myself on it. What do people gain out of lying is something that I will never know. A white lie might at times prove useful, maybe once in a while but don’t people foresee the damage that lies can cause. Just because you can, should you lie? Just because you think you can get away with it, should you lie? There are always repercussions to manipulative games that people play. Omitting information to outright creating a total fib is ingrained in some people’s nature these days.

I now believe it’s more to do with the way you have been raised, your family values and how you strengthen those inculcated morals into your being as you grow up. When you get away with lying as a child, or are pampered and these little harmless lies are ignored in the beginning, they become a breeding ground for various personality disorders. You may be the apple of your parents eyes but that does not give you the right to destroy people and play with their feelings. Destroying someone’s faith in you, them losing respect and love for you, are the lies worth it? A moment of pleasure or satisfaction that you attain, is it worth destroying a person? Compulsive liars tend to lie about everything. The damage that is created reflects on a such a large scale, one that even they might not fathom. It's like an iceberg tip, harbouring a much deeper issue. Just because you have low self-esteem, you are willing to destroy all that you have built for you is utter stupidity. Rather than valuing the things you have and many people crave, you take it for granted and ruin the lives of all those who are involved or care for you.

Disrespecting a person by lying to them consistently is the worst especially if the other has always been honest with you. Just because you have the advantage of anonymity, it does not mean that you can play with the feelings of others. Trust is a very fragile bond, once forged it can make your relationship stronger, whatever be the relationship and when broken it can be detrimental to the sanity and the happiness in a relationship.

As an adult, you expect certain moralities to be ingrained or even learned via society. You expect a certain level of civility from another human being because frankly everyone in this world is undergoing some stress. Just the thought that someone finds it okay to hurt and play with others feelings is what leaves me flabbergasted. You are deemed much more worthy in this world by your value system, your thoughtfulness and your actions towards others. Is this what we have become? Is this what we will bring our children into? Is this how you want to be seen by you or the world? Maybe I'll never know. Maybe I don't want to know anymore.