Just a thought....

Tell the truth....

If I could have one superhuman gift it would be to read minds...that way I would know when somebody is lying....and believe me, people lie all the time.

I lie...

I  lie sometimes, to protect myself, other times to protect others...sometimes I lie just because I can get away with it...

Thing about it though, is people don't realise the effects of their deceit on the people they love...and the people who love them...someone I love once told me, "To every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." And then proceeded to shatter my world...what should be the reaction to that? I'd really like to know....what is truth if it can be bent and twisted and fried and coated in sugarpaste to make it prettier or make it sting a little less?

I really would like to know....and the funny thing is you can never ask. I can never ask a person who hurt me why they did...because chances are, they will lie....and lie some more...or they will tell you the truth so covered up that it becomes a lie....

The last time I told a lie, I cringed...and I wondered if I was the only one....people tell the truth so little these days....its easier to tell my overweight friend that she looks great in her mini skirt even when I know she'd be better off in a maxi-dress....its easy to say you'll be home late because you're working than to say you're out cheating with your boss's wife...its easier to pretend you got the correct change and lie by omission than give the tired old lady at the till the 10pin she gave you by mistake...I know...we've all done something or other to that effect....

But to look in the mirror and say to myself that I'm proud of every single thing I've done today....that's not easy...I wanted to do it last night, but I failed....

The point of it all I guess, is that I want to tell the truth. I don't want to deceive somebody with my actions and then turn around and out of the blue, do the one thing that would make them jump out of their skin in disbelief! I want to always be able to say I did right by whoever I'm dealing with...that I never gave them cause to look at me and want to rip my heart out with their teeth. I want to be honest and open with people, honest and open with myself...and everyday I want to live my truth....because only in living my truth can I find true freedom...and hey, I remember that person saying to me once, that if I treated them the way I wanted to be treated and they did the same to me, then we would be more than fine....that at least, wasn't a lie....

Happy thinking on it.....