It's raining outside, you're home alone and you have nothing
to do. Why not play soccer in the house? Even if your mother has advised you
not to do so? Suddenly, you hit a table, knocking over your mother's
one-of-a-kind and extremely expensive vase. Your reaction is to slow to stop
the vase from falling
Crash
Shards of shattered glass are at your feet. Your jaw drops
to the ground and your face is in shock. What do you do now? Cleaning up the
mess, stressed, worried, and guilty, you try putting the pieces together, but
it's no use. This situation can go two ways, a choice between lying or telling
the truth. Lying seems much more convenient, so you tell your mother a robber
broke into the house and stole the vase. She calls the police and you need to
answer some questions. You're telling the police what happened. The police men
are searching the house for evidence. Little did you know, police men can
detect a liar when they see one. A bag full of shards that was carelessly
placed in the garage was found. Your mother is angry and can no longer trust
you again.
It's not necessary to take decisive, pre-emptive action
against someone because you fear what he/she might do.
There are reasons why someone would take action and lie, it could be from various situations. Such as a mistake that was made; jealousy,
and cheating. Just like in Julius Caesar, Act I, Brutus doesn't tell Portia
about the plot of Caesar's assassination because he was afraid how she might
react; cheating by copying off the answers from someone close by on an exam.
Even jealousy or being envious, by stealing something from someone else.
For reasons why someone would lie and take action, there is
logic why lying has negative effects. Firstly, getting into lots of trouble as
mentioned earlier. Also, hurting someone emotionally because of words or
actions that possibly have been said or done. This can lead to no trust and
feeling guilty, such as using a friend to make a goal achievable. Not thinking
of the situation carefully before going into action. For example, when cheating
on a test with a phone and not knowing if anyone close by is watching. This
could result in being caught by a teacher or student, and it will result a zero
and possibly a phone call home.
To prevent any of these problems from happening in the
future is by telling the truth! Honesty is the best policy as most people say, and by lying it could result in karma; most of us know karma... Isn't such
a good thing when it comes back. Also, don't let feelings make judgments on the
reaction of the situation because this could lead to worse decisions when being
under pressure. Lastly, thinking of actions and words before making an attempt.
Just stop for a minute and think, 'is this worth it? Will taking action
possibly hurt someone else including myself?'
To conclude, remember that even though getting into trouble
because of reckless and careless mistakes, to apologize and tell the truth.
This is how people learn from their mistakes.
So remember, even though lying is an option, it's not going
to do any good for anyone. It's best to be honest because karma is not the best
thing to get in return.
