Lies gives only temporary benefit.
The moment lies enter the picture, things begin to fall apart. Lies break trust, and once trust is broken, relationships start to weaken and even fall apart.
Telling a lie was always considered a very bad thing while growing up. If you were caught, there is often a punishment. It was something our parents strongly warned against. To make us responsible and honest adult. But then the punishment made us think twice before saying a lie.
But sometimes I wonder: why do adults still lie so much?
Come to think of it, you can't be punished as an adult . Yet people still lie with. What exactly is the essence of lying?
Anything built on lies will eventually collapse.
One funny thing about lies is that one keep saying one for cover the order.
When someone tells one lie, they often need to tell another lie to cover the first one. Then another one follows. Before you know it, the person is trapped in a chain of lies and may even begin to feel no remorse about it.
My mom usually say something while we were growing up she said Someone who can lie can also steal.
At first, I didn’t fully understand what she meant. But as I grew older, I began to see the deeper meaning behind that statement. A person who is comfortable bending the truth can easily cross other moral lines because the boundary of honesty has already been broken.
Recently, I came across a story about an influencer who claimed she had stage four cancer. At the beginning, many people believed her. Some people felt sympathy for her and even sent money to support her.
But over time, people began to question her story. There were inconsistencies. She was lying just to get attention, sympathy and financial assistance.
Once someone lies to me and I find out, trusting them back is usually very hard. I mean, trust is fragile it takes a long time to build, but can be destroyed in a seconds.
That is why I strongly believe that any relationship worth building should be built on honesty. Whether it is friendship, marriage, or business, honesty is the foundation that keeps everything standing.