blog:lies
Once I was asked, “Do you still prefer hearing true words, even when they would deeply hurt your self-confidence or self-respect?” After a few seconds’ hesitation, I replied, “yes!”
I hate lies, whether they are well-meaning or spiteful. I merely want to know the truth. Only when I know my real level can I make progress. If you don’t want somebody to be unhappy with the truth, you’d better not tell him or her anything about that. But this does not mean you can tell lies, because telling nothing does not equal to telling something untrue.
“Do as you would be done by others.” According to this wisdom, I shouldn’t tell lies. On the contrast, I did.
I am used to cutting down the price against the actual one when mom asked me, “how much is your coat?” however, now I have even more to lie to her. Sorry, mom! But we did have the gap on many things. And when the truth has something to do with another person, to tell the truth or not is not up to me.
So, lies would continue, to me or to this world. In fact, it is unrealistic to try to put an end to lies, especially in modern time, when lies are all around us.
