The age of LIES

I believe being honest is in the Ten Commandments somewhere, if you believe in that. I do.  but it seems that lying is  the most common action in our world, except the sun coming up everyday. Lying is seen in all types of things from political commercials, to friendships, and marriages. the problem with lying is (besides being wrong) is you have to tell another to cover for the first one. I have watched people standing on stages, in front of hundreds, thousands, and out 'n' out spin a lie. To win approval? maybe. Or to make their ego bigger? And when they get caught in that lie, they deny it. Lying doesn't hurt you but others too. I guess some people just can not tell the truth because the outcome is not what they want to achieve. A step in office, admiration, the special person they want to be with, or something. Sooner or later, the truth will show.

Lying takes the form in many different ways. Lie to your spouse, lie to friends, lie to the multitudes, or lying to yourself. the last one is a way to blanket over your inability to do or achieve something. Admit it and try to be better it the truthful thing to do.

And then there is blame when someone did nothing wrong. People love the point fingers and blame the other guy for his or her own mistake. Like when you are driving the posted speed limit and someone passes you and then flips you off. You're doing nothing wrong, obeying the law, but the other guy is lying about what is right and wrong.

Some people lie about the facts and say the facts are wrong, and unfortunately the convince other their lie is right. Facts DON'T LIE! That misinformation we hear a lot about these days is really discouraging to me. And for people to believe it is scary. "This COVID thing will pass and it won't affect you." So, was that true? No, it affected us all.

I actually think sometimes I am the only one who can see through these lies and agrue to other, 'check the facts for the truth'.

Sometimes it's hard to tell the truth from the lie. But you are smarter than that. We all know right from wrong, truth from a lie, but sometime we don't want to believe the truth.