to all the people I lie to
An open letter: to all the people I lie to ... I have a confession to make ... I lie. ALL the time. Right to your face. The reasons are many and varied, but if you ask me a personal question, I’m usually not going to be 100% truthful... But, if I’m just not telling the whole truth rather that fabricating everything I say, does it count as a lie? Is it really so bad? Can it be regarded as self preservation or does it just make me two faced? I mean, no one wants their pants to spontaneously burst into flames, but do little white lies count? People say you should be yourself with no secrets, lies or variations in personality, but can you be authentic if there are parts of yourself you don’t like? Parts of yourself you are ashamed off, parts of yourself you are scared to talk about, sick of talking about or unwilling to talk about. I’m not the best at expressing my emotions. I mean, I’m over emotional at times, I’ll cry at a TV adv...
