The Whole Truth

Do you all remember when Outkast reunited for a hometown concert in Atlanta in September 2014? I remember it vividly because my boyfriend at the time bought us two tickets to go. When the day finally approached, he ghosted me the entire weekend only to call me on the following Tuesday. He told me that he was doing some charity work and that he decided to take a deaf little girl to the concert. At the time the whole story sounded weird but I believed him because supposedly I was "in love". The truth was, he took another female but it wasn't a deaf little girl and it DEFINITELY wasn't for charity. How did I know, you ask? Well because I found a letter from the girl on his dresser two weeks later. That was probably the biggest lie i've ever been told in life but it is also the funniest lie someone has ever told me.

Why do we lie? (and don't say you don't). Everybody lies. We start as soon as learn to talk. As a matter of fact I would lie so much to my mom that she started lying to me to stop me from lying. She told me that if I continued to drink all the Tahitian treat juice, I would get pregnant. I was 10 years old!! lol! Yeah, It was a crazy thing to say but it put enough fear in me for me to be aware about portion control! As much as we don't like to admit it, lying is the one thing that we do from the time we are children until we are old and crusty. We may even think we are doing a good deed by telling half-truths but are we really? Don't get me wrong, sometimes I lie to make people feel good. I tell them that their nasty tuna casserole tastes delicious or that their awful looking shoes are cute. Sometimes I may even go as far as asking them where they got the little ugly shoes just to make it more believable. I never once thought of this as a bad trait because it made people smile. As i've gotten a little older, I do way more self inventory checks than I would do in my younger, sillier years. I realized that as uncomfortable as the truth is at times, its best to either tell it or don't say ANYTHING at all.

I want to challenge everyone to be more aware of the things they say. I don't expect everyone to be 100 percent truthful all the time but one less white lie a week can make a world of difference. I had been lying to my coworkers since the day I started there a month ago. I told them that I go home on my lunch break. That was a WHOLE lie. I usually go to Subway, get myself a veggie wrap and mind my own business. The reason I didn't tell them is because I didn't want them to ask for me to bring them anything back or ask if they could come along. I did this because i'm an introvert and I love the idea of being alone at times. I realized it was a stupid lie so, this past Friday when they asked where I was going for lunch, I told them the truth and you know what they said...."EWWWW, we hate Subway. So you see, I won anyways! It was a small victory but a small reminder that the truth may hurt but never less than the lie. I only wish I could go back and tell the truth about that tuna casserole.... I'm sure she's still out there bringing it to Christmas parties. That is indeed, dreadful. Tell the truth (to the best of your ability) all 2018!! See where it gets you!