You Can Fix It If It's Broken, But You Can Still See The Crack In The Person's Reflection!
Friday, September 10, 2010
Remember when you was little and nothing really mattered because all you wanted to to was have fun? Remember when you was never affected by a little lie someone has told you, but you was always told to tell the truth because there were always consequences? Remember when boys use to have germs and girls use to have cuties? Those were really the best times. Now, it's like the opposite. You continue to let little things bother you and when you get told a lie, it either makes you upset or furious. Lies get told, but no one seems to let them go- so more lies get spread. I know that lying is sometimes necessary & often the best thing to do in order to avoid a situation that you do not want to be involved in. I also know that lying is a good. Some lies are so little and meaningless that they cause no one harm and make no difference to anyone or anything. But what about the lies that DO matter? The lies that DO make a difference? The lies and secrets that hurt yourself or other people, whether or not they hurt someone you hate or someone you love? Whether or not the lies had hurt someone you've never met or someone you've only seen from a distance. What about the lies that start small, but like the snowball effect- get bigger and bigger, gaining speed and potential to hurt? Lies that change someone's life for the bad or lies that lead to physical harm or death? That's all that seems to happen now days. Some people don't realize what they say or do does have an effect on others. Personally, I think that lying is the most deceiving thing that anyone can do. Secrets and lies have the power to destroy a life or create a new one.
Now days, I feel like I am constantly lied to everyday by the people I love and by the people I care for most. I'm lied to by people I don't even know and by people I have just met. It seems that secrets are kept without my knowledge, hidden thoughts or feelings. They can be fact or they can be opinion; things I will never know and things I will soon find out.
This is the reason why I keep things to myself. I don't trust many people anymore and I only hang out with the ones that I do. I've lost many friendships and relationships because of lies. Some big, some small; sometimes both. But I'm still standing with my head up and those lost friendships and past relationships, I've learned that you can't trust anyone and when it comes down to it, you can only confide in yourself. But if is so happen to ask and when I ask you what I am to you- I want to know what I am to you. If I am nothing then I will be nothing. If I am everything then I will be everything. I could be a friend or so much more, but either way, when I ask you what I am to you, don't lie. No matter what your answer is, I will still continue to have a smile on my face!
This is some heavy thoughts here. When I read this, I thought of my wife Cindy, who has always been truthful to me. Sometimes it is painful how truthful she is when I am acting like a jerk. I am the luckiest man in the world.
ReplyDeletewow. deep. i agree though that it seems that we are told not to lie our entire lives but they lie to us all the time. Lies are unpredictable and you can never be sure when you will lose control of one and it will hurt somebody. even though it would be bettter if people stoped lying, it's just physically impossible for anyone to NEVER lie (especially in society now-days 'cause when you're truthful people call you a jerk)
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