Sanguine Tenacious Tidings

Tell the truth, Don't be dull

In what circumstances do you believe it is okay to fib or tell a white lie?

Quote from Goodreads.com:“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.” ― Mark Twain

My second son wanted to know about fibs and white lies? We were preparing for the holiday season. If you are in a gift giving scene, sometimes you tell people a white lie. Hiding the gifts and trying to keep the kids from searching for them? A white lie can be told to avoid hurting someones feelings but, in the end, whatever you avoid telling may hurt them over time. I just said, "Stay out of my room if you want any surprises at Christmas." When it comes to children I've met lots of them that don't care about the surprise just want to know what is going to be under that tree.

Sometimes truth is from experience and your own knowledge; so if someone is trying to catch you in a lie they will look for something to be wrong with something you said. Or, new facts may surface that will cause you to change or review what you know.

Or, if someone is lying to themselves they will be angry with the facts of a statement. They may look for a way to turn your facts against you?

A fib is a lie. You think it is unimportant, but again, sometimes small untruths take away from the way you are perceived as a person.

Personally, I think lies are more important than people realize. I've told the truth sometimes when I did not want to tell the truth. My experience is truth is like a living thing. Truth is a sound wave spreading like the fluctuation waves, in a pond. When you throw a pebble into the water. The center wave ring is the largest and makes the biggest movement. As the waves move out they get smaller but, can still rock a swimming duck or water lily floating in the pond.

Truth is a necessary part of life. Without truth you don't know who or what to believe unless you see it or experience it with your own eyes. It's why the journalist mantra is "Tell the truth, don't write dull material."

The words of truth or lies drives the way societies see the world. Telling lies destroys trust. Destroy trust and you destroy relationships between people.

The cover a Lie gives will disintegrate like sugar in water. Truth can clear the air, take away confusion, make things right, solidify trust.