The Comfort Of Lies

Lying is probably one of the most common wrong acts that we carry out but it is an unavoidable part of human nature. Most people would say that lying is always wrong, except when there's a good reason for it - which means that it's not always wrong. So Lies are acceptable and morally correct when you have a strong reason to lie which can be to protect someone or in doing something good with a simple lie. But if you look deeply in the realm of lying, you will notice that sometimes people lie not to deceive others, but to deceive themselves. Lying creates all the COMFORT stories and people prefer to live in their own comforted twisted version rather than believing the reality. They tend to give themselves illusions and little stories to make life more bearable. People also lie because of the thought that others might hate them on reception of the truth, so for them its better to lie and be normal rather than saying the truth and be hated upon. So Lying is not all that easy. Well Lies are not the solution always but it is better in acute cases where the truth will be a lot devastating either for others or for themselves. My guess is there are some very fragile egos, some very hurt people underneath and the lies are built up to protect that. So the next time if you see someone lying try not to be judgemental but to understand the cause of the lies and then act on it. :-) ;-)