Essay #2

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.