Lies, Lies, and more lies
I am ashamed to say but it has taken most of the past 50 years to stop lying. I guess I need to thank first of all my wife for this. She is the most honest person I know. And secondly, the scars of the results of my past lies. As I raise my teenage daughter it is a key hope she will learn this lesson sooner, rather then later.
When I was a kid we didn't have much, and the lies always seemed to be out of a need to impress the other kids. And once you tell them them one lie you have to build upon the story and the lies just keep pileing up. But, at those younger ages we don't see that we have value just in who we are right now. I guess that is one good thing about turning 50, it doesn't matter has much as what others think of who I am. I feel pretty good about me, right now. So, I don't need to lie to impress you.
Lies have also happened to try to save our butt. I may have messed up and done something wrong, so to cover it up lies needed to be told. But, truth always finds away. No matter how much we lie to cover up a bad thing, mom will find the truth. I have watched enough CSI to know that DNA, fingerprints, blood testing ultrviolet lights can't cover-up my sins. So, why bother lieing about it. Hopefully, I am doing less bad things, and more good things. But, if I happen to break that special statue, or put a dent in the wife's truck, it is far better to confess the truth up front and deal with the consquiences up fron then to join the ranks of Watergate.
So, because I am lying less I feel so much better with myself and I think I have gotten the desire outcomes in that others seem to like me more because of my truthfulness. So, today's nugget is be happy with who we are right now. There is no reason to pretend to be something we are not. Life is so much better when you have nothing to hide.
When I was a kid we didn't have much, and the lies always seemed to be out of a need to impress the other kids. And once you tell them them one lie you have to build upon the story and the lies just keep pileing up. But, at those younger ages we don't see that we have value just in who we are right now. I guess that is one good thing about turning 50, it doesn't matter has much as what others think of who I am. I feel pretty good about me, right now. So, I don't need to lie to impress you.
Lies have also happened to try to save our butt. I may have messed up and done something wrong, so to cover it up lies needed to be told. But, truth always finds away. No matter how much we lie to cover up a bad thing, mom will find the truth. I have watched enough CSI to know that DNA, fingerprints, blood testing ultrviolet lights can't cover-up my sins. So, why bother lieing about it. Hopefully, I am doing less bad things, and more good things. But, if I happen to break that special statue, or put a dent in the wife's truck, it is far better to confess the truth up front and deal with the consquiences up fron then to join the ranks of Watergate.
So, because I am lying less I feel so much better with myself and I think I have gotten the desire outcomes in that others seem to like me more because of my truthfulness. So, today's nugget is be happy with who we are right now. There is no reason to pretend to be something we are not. Life is so much better when you have nothing to hide.
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