It's my first time posting in this specific community, and I'm excited because I decided to take on the challenge of writing about the topic "Lies or truth". It was really a great dilemma that made me think for a long time after I decided to ask myself which of the two options I would prefer: To lose forever the ability to lie, or to have to believe forever in absolutely everything other people tell me.
The first thing that came to my mind is that honesty is one of the characteristics that human beings tend to value the most, since it is one of those key aspects that allow us to trust another person, want to keep them close and tell them even the most intimate details of our lives. This applies to acquaintances, friends, family, and of course our couple, because we do not want to have by our side a person who constantly hurts us with his lies and deceptions. Of course, there is what we call "white lies", designed for urgent situations in which we want to avoid making the other person feel bad at all costs, and therefore, in order to protect their feelings, avoid conflicts or uncomfortable moments, we end up lying.
On the other hand, trust is also a fundamental element in interpersonal relationships, and it is important to remember that humans are social beings par excellence, we need to interact daily, and in a certain way also depend on each other, allow ourselves to give and receive love, support and be supported, value others and feel valued. If we were not able to trust anyone we would surely live isolated, having to take care of absolutely everything on our own, and above all we would live terrified, thinking that at any moment anyone could attack us or harm us in any way.
However, I came to the conclusion that as beautiful as I feel trust is, I also firmly believe that I would be extremely vulnerable to all kinds of dangers if I blindly believed absolutely everything other people told me, no matter what it is. On the other hand, by deciding to lose the ability to lie forever, the risk I would run would be much less. In addition, in those situations in which "white lies" are often told, I could simply implement other much more sophisticated skills, such as assertive communication, and in this way always tell other people the truth but in a friendly and appropriate way, without disrespecting them.
Those were my reflections and my final decision. And... what would you choose?
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Very good analysis of your choices. You did a very good job of reflecting and thinking it through it seems. I tend to side with you and would give up lying as well.
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What a nice post, excellent reasoning, I like your reflections and the images you used.
Congratulations and welcome to the community.
Thank you very much for welcoming me, and also for your lovely comment and support 💕 I really appreciate it 🥰
Hello and welcome to my community.
Thanks for getting involved with this week's topics and for following the guidelines I set. You make some really good points in your post. How do you feel not being able to lie would impact your life? Would it be complicated or do you think it would be easy?
Hello! Thank you very much for welcoming me and for reading my post 🙋🏻♀️
I think that at first it would be somewhat complicated, because like any new experience in life, it would require an adaptation process, and I must admit that many times in the past I decided to resort to the use of the so-called "white lies" to avoid causing pain to another person, therefore, finding myself in that kind of situation would surely be quite challenging 😳.
However, with the passage of time I feel that I would not miss lying, because without lying I would no longer experience that small guilt for telling "white lies", and also, as I mentioned in my post, it would be a wonderful opportunity to practice and improve my assertive communication 🙌🏻💜
Thank you for your question and for this great topic 🥰
I think white lies are acceptable, and often required...like when one is trying to do something nice for their partner's birthday like a surprise weekend away. Having to tell the truth would ruin the surprise right?
Yes, it is true that white lies are widely used and with good intentions 💜 which is why I recognize that a whole process of adaptation would be needed to get the idea of living without them 😳.
One of the disadvantages would be not being able to organize surprise parties like you mentioned anymore, because it would really ruin the surprise, and so I would have to limit myself to giving direct details to my partner with no surprise involved 🤔
For disadvantages like that, I would surely miss the possibility of telling white lies, but I would still prefer that option over having to believe everything other people tells me 😅, which would bring me even more danger-related disadvantages.
Thank you for contributing further to the development of this interesting topic ✨
Good reflexion @mariiestefania I like your choise and the way you explain it. Welcome to Week End Experiences.
Hi! Thank you so much for your nice comment and for reading my post 🙌🏻. I'm glad you liked it 🤗