Secrets and Lies

I hate lying. And I hate it when people lie to me. Nothing good ever comes from it. It's like secrets. I hate those too. If you can't be honest with someone, then why talk to them. I try to be honest... it doesn't always go swimmingly.

I think people should learn their life lessons from Disney. If we all watched Pinocchio and thought about it, maybe we wouldn't lie or lie as much. I hate lying, it's unjust, unfair, a sin, hurtful and deceitful. And the only way Pinocchio got to stay a real boy was by being as truthful and honest as he possibly could. If whenever we lied our nose grew or we started turning into wood, I think people would be a lot happier.

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So, keeping secrets and lying to protect people does theoretically sound like a good idea. But it always seems to blow up in your face. Well it does for me. And yeah, I've learnt it isn't wise. You feel so guilty about it. I'd do anything to stop people around me from getting hurt. And lying and secrets never works. If only I'd watched Pinocchio a few months ago. But anyway, it's not a good idea. People just get more hurt.

I hate secrets. I hate having them. They make you feel all black and sooty inside. Erg. But there is no escaping secrets. Everyone has them. But when you keep them to yourself it never goes well. Bit then again, I'm sure people have secrets that are best kept to themselves. Secrets, like lying, make you feel guilty. Especially if they should be shared. Because 'bad' secrets cause lies and hurt and can often be resolved in some way. And 'good' secrets are too hard to keep because the whole world should know. And the funniest secrets are the hardest to keep. They just make you smile and laugh that they need to be told.

But lies are never good. I think that less lies would be told if people listened to each other a bit better and perhaps talked about it. There are 'taboos' of certain groups of people and I don't think they'd be there if people were willing to listen and talk. I think that maybe it would make life easier and happier if people felt that they could be 100% honest because they knew that they would not be judged or be shunned but accepted and maybe forgiven. I don't know where this is going, but what I think I'm trying to say is that people would lie or keep as many secrets if the world was ready to listen and be accepting and offer help.