Jacqueline Mung
People are born with the ability to lie but the courage to admit to truth. A Chinese adage says, 'Fire cannot be wrapped with paper.' Lies will be uncovered eventually either by the teller or other people.
If you decide to reveal the truth yourself, no doubt it is going to make you miserable. The reasons are as follows.
It must be something bad that you want to hide it. Telling the truth will get you into trouble. For example, you lost your mother’s wedding ring after you had secretly shown it to others. You know your mother will be angry and sad if she finds out. Therefore you rather pretend to be innocent since you do not want to face her.
Then you will suffer from your conscience. Although you are physically fine because you lied that you know nothing about the missing ring, your conscience makes you feel sorry for your mother. It can even distract you from your daily life.
If you decide to tell the truth, you will have to prepare yourself for the consequences. First, how do you face your mother when she learns about what actually happened? Second, how do you make up for the loss? Last but not least, will she still have trust in you after that?
In short if the truth can set you free, that truth must be a bad thing. Hiding it might help you run away from problems, but your conscience will remind you about the reality. Once you determine to reveal the truth, you will start to worry about the result. That is why you are sure to suffer before you admit your sin.
yes, in the daily life, if we tell the truth, we will feel more free. the truth will make everything become simple. we can easily handle the hard thing if we tell the truth.:p
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ReplyDeleteVery good article and an interesting example (the weddingring). This case also shows how bad lies are, because the mum might be more disappointed about the lie than the loss of the ring.
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