You tell a small lie. You think nothing of it now. But as time goes on, you start telling more and more lies. As it turns out, all of the things you've told you're friends and you're family was a lie. How would your family feel about that? How would your friends react to that? Should they forgive you? Should they just be like "oh it was just a little lie, no big deal"? What if they dont forgive you? Even after you learned your lesson? Would you go to them and tell them you learned your lesson and ask them for their forgiveness? Once you lie to someone and they find out, they wont trust you anymore. And can you blame them? They trusted you and you betrayed their trust. Can someone really overlook the fact that someone clase to them has lied to them?
Maybe they can. Maybe they will assume you really did learned your lesson. Maybe they miss you being a part of their life. What ever the reason is, they are back in your life again. If you got their trust again, would you really try to abuse it again? what if you didnt mean to do the same thing you did last time? what if it wasnt even your fault? And what if even if it wasnt your fault, you still end up hurting the same person again? But deeper this time? Who else is there to blame but you? Would they understand that this time you didnt mean to? Or would they not listen to you and tell you that this was your last straw and now they seriously dont want to be a part of you? What else is there left to do? You wont be able to reason with them because, what ever you say, they will have something worse to say to you. You cant argue with them, because you know that they are right. But does that really mean you should be out of their life?
Whoa. This is deeply challenging. Starts with the idea that I've told a small lie (which we all do, right?), and then rolls down the hill like a boulder from there. If somebody stops to ask themselves these questions, they are going to have to come up against some uncomfortable truths.
ReplyDeleteI'm not exactly sure where you want a reader to go with this line of questioning, though...because there's not a whole lot of specifics or background to this. See what I mean?
Still...a provocative read.