I would rather lie than tell the truth?

                   ​This title has everything to do with every human being on this planet. Lying is always so much more comforting to our thoughts and in our lives. Excuses are lies, and procrastination is a lie as well. Lying to yourself is just as bad as lying to others. You are hurting and hindering your growth with these type of lies that you tell yourself on a daily basis. Lying has been promoted in society since the beginning of time and most of us follow suit. Why is telling the truth so hard for most people to do? Why is lying so much more easy to do? Telling the truth is hard because we are concerned what others think and how we are viewed. I want to say most lie to not look bad to other people. The sad part is most lie to just to look different in the eyes of other people. The saying “The truth Hurts” is the thing that has ruined many minds and made us all revert from the truth.
 
                Why do we lie to others? Lying starts at home and is taught to you by your parents. They call it not being mean. WOW! So our parents teach us to LIE to a person instead…. Oh I am sorry “Not Be Mean”. That Christmas or birthday gift we receive as children, that we absolutely hate but our parents teach us to “Be Nice” and say we like it and say thank you. This “Little White Lie” eventually turns into cheating and manipulation once we are older. Have you ever noticed when you tell the truth to someone you are either called rude or insensitive? You then hear that your truth and honesty can be delivered in a better way. So me dumbing down my feelings about something is just as bad, and here is a reason why. Your husband or wife cooks a meal and asks you how was the food. Now in your mind it is ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE, but you say “it was good dear, but the seasoning was off a bit”. How does this help either one of you? I will answer that question for you, it doesn’t help you at all. Now the proper answer to that question is “dear that was not good at all” or “IT WAS HORRIBLE”. He or she should then then ask why was it not good and you two progress from there. This can lead to cooking lessons or more meals out of the house but either way is better than eating horrible food daily. I know you are reading this and saying “Ron this is not reality”. It’s not reality because your reality is a LIE. People would accept the truth better and return with a question if the truth was taught to us all as kids. Unfortunately, feelings are hurt and you just apologize the entire time, just because you told the TRUTH.
 
                I know lying is not a good thing to do but it is even worse when you lie to yourself. Lying to yourself leads to you not progressing or completing things. The biggest lie that we tell ourselves is “I will do it later”. Knowing damn well that when later comes nothing will get done. This lie is called procrastination. Lying to yourself about something that you need to get done for a goal that you’ve set is the worst lie. We seem to feel guiltier when we lie to others more than when we lie to ourselves. This has everything to do with self worth and knowing what is important in life. You should be honest with yourself and value the commitment that you make to yourself. We care more about what others think of us instead of what we think of ourselves and that is shameful. Society view of you is not important but how you view yourself should mean the world to yourself. You should never settle and always push yourself beyond the limits that society has set for you. Stop telling yourself that you can change someone. Stop telling yourself that you are happy with a job, but you look forward to Friday at the start of every week (Is it Friday Yet?). These are total and utter LIES. Change your mentality and know that you are greatly important and that lying to yourself only stops your growth as a person.
 
                This post is for you all to understand that the truth is what you ask for but why is it so hard to handle. Regardless of its delivery, you are better off with truth than you ever would be with a Lie. Lying becomes more of a job and hard work to keep going. You lie to yourself about your current relationship and then you’re in front of a judge after being in a failing relationship for over 10 years. Ten years is a ton of wasted time that you could have made useful if you would have just stopped lying to yourself. Small lies you tell to people soon become work in keeping the lie going. Time in life is PRECIOUS and should never be wasted in not being honest at all times. Know your worth and value life. Be honest regardless of the situation PLEASE.