Lies: Self Gain or Self Destruction

Everyone lies. Obviously, the answer to the question "does this make me look fat?," ("no, of course not!") is more than likely false. Some of those daring adventures and numerous awards on resumes are a little...stretched. Advertisements every day on tv, in magazines, or online are huge exaggerations of the product they are promoting.

These lies, like countless others, are pretty much harmless. While they aren't truthful, they aren't completely vain either. However, sometimes, lies can be much more destructive.

The main question here of course is, why lie at all? Almost all cases of lying can be answer that question with one word: selfishness. People lie there way out of gossip ("well, that's just what i heard...), they claim they did nothing wrong. No one wants to look bad. No one wants the consequences for their actions. No one wants a bad name. Ah ha. A bad name. So tell me, is a liar something people want to be called now-a-days?

I don't understand it at all. I'm not going to sit here and pretend to be noble and say I've never told an untruthful word in my life. I have. Probably too many times to name. But when it comes to those I am closest with, the truth comes naturally. Even if it isn't what people want to here. And maybe that makes me too much of a loud-mouth, a bitch, whatever it may be. I'd rather be a truthful bitch than a backstabbing liar.

Each small fib told just leads to another larger one, until eventually you have one big snowball of inconvenience that you can't even begin to shovel your way out from. But why even go down that mountain in the first place?

So many questions in tonight's entry, but I guess I don't have too many answers on the subject. All too frequently I have been the victim of such lies and it's starting to catch up to me. And I apologize for the slightly personal touch on this piece, but it's quite a personal topic.

People lie in the hopes of clawing their way out of something too much over their heads. As a measure of self gain so you may say. But once the world is in on your little secret, you have pretty much destroyed your name and have started the path to self destruction. Trust and honesty are number one in my book, and many other girls would agree. We are much more forgiving for the truth. Trust me.

All-in-all, this probably is not the big comeback entry we were all hoping for. It's more of a venting session, that probably won't even be read by those it is directed at. Whatever, I guess I have to pick my battles. And lying is one the liar never wins.