The Truth About Lies

Lies come in all sizes and flavors. There are the white lies that serve as a social lubricant. Methinks we’d probably suffer without those. Brutal honesty is not always necessary nor sometimes even desirable.

Then again, there are the lies that do great damage. The worst lies of all come with “time-delay” fuses. We come to believe and trust in the words of others. We come to rely on those words or the promises made. We sometimes build our lives, craft our hopes and weave our expectations on words that seemingly mean so much...until the Lie detonates. The lie revealed after dreams are dreamt, after hope is birthed and plans are mapped, is the most treacherous lie of all. To learn that something we relied on, trusted, placed great faith upon was “just” a lie, is to die a gruesome death.

The lie that is revealed after honest reliance on the lie is the most damaging lie of all. It is a weapon of mass destruction that wounds not only the deceived believer but a great many innocent bystanders, too.

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Gratuitous Non-Sequitor:

I'm enjoying a glass of "Camaronazo"

(jugo de tomate y camaron)

It's picante!

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BONUS Gratuitous Non-Sequitor:

Death Stands Above Me

DEATH stands above me, whispering low
I know not what into my ear:
Of his strange language all I know
Is, there is not a word of fear.

Walter Savage Landor

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