Lies? Or painful truth?

When you lie to people, people will lie to you. And it's a vicious cycle. Everyone lies to everyone. No one in today's world gives out their true feeling. Why do people lie? Why do they hide their true selves?

I think, it's the fear of judgement, criticism, and most importantly, losing something or someone. We all have that need to feel accepted and be acknowledged in the society. We cannot accept being disapproved by the people around us. It's getting more and more important for us to be liked by everyone. But the truth is, people don't care who you are. They will always judge you and criticise you, they'll always find something bad to say about you as long as you're not comfortable being who you are. As long as you keep doubting yourself, they will talk. And the only way they'll respect you is that you start respecting yourself and not try to become what they want you to be. Because they will always want more.

And as for losing things or people? Always remember that you'll end up losing that which is not meant to be yours, whether you were honest or not. If it's meant to be, your honesty cannot take it away from you. And if it's not meant to be, there's nothing you can do keep it forever.

So what if everyone told the truth? What if everyone would be painfully honest and save all the trouble? Lives would be so much better, and not to mention -easy and peaceful. We won't have to hide behind fake selves thinking "what will people say?" Why can't we be ourselves and be recognised and accepted for that? Why does it have to be so complicated all the time? We're the ones making it hard for ourselves and others and all we gotta do is make it simple.

Be true. Be yourself. Be loved! 


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