You lie about your age, your experience, your relationships, your past, your abilities, your beliefs. Heck, the shorter list is what do you tell the truth about? My question is…why do you lie? Is there some real threat that makes lying the only viable option? Is there more power, more opportunity in a lie than in the truth? Isn’t it exhausting?
Have you ever asked yourself why you lie? Did you give an honest answer? Do you lie to everyone or only certain people? Have some of your lies become so familiar that you almost think they are true? What have been some of the consequences of your lies? What would be the consequences if people knew your worst lies?
How do you feel about people who lie? Do you respect them or avoid them? Could you stop lying if your life depended on it? Is lying the real gateway drug? Can you have an amazing relationship if you are lying?
How do you know people don’t know you are lying? If you know someone is lying, over and over again, how do you treat them. What is so scary about the truth? What would your life be like if you stopped lying? What if you diverted all the energy of all those lies into doing and being something great…
What if…it mattered? You being honest, having intregity…what if it mattered? Like it could cure cancer, feed the starving, shine light in the dark scary places? How do you know it doesn’t matter? Are you always right? Are you willing to choose something other than lying? It might matter. To someone. To everyone. To me. It matters.
