Knotted
We lie to get out of things—those little white lies. "I'm sorry I can't do that because..." It's just easier than explaining the real reasons.
A recent survey indicated that many people lie about reading the classics. To be well read, in some circles, means that you've worked your way through the canon.
But the lies we tell ourselves grow tentacles. Sloughing off their hold means looking them in the eye and acknowledging our creations.
To prevaricate, to occupy a position, to pervert the truth of a situation, to pretend that one thing is other, to distort and create a different scenario...
But what about a refusal to acknowledge the truth of a situation—governments do it all the time.
Today the minister spoke about lies. She asked us what lies we told ourselves. I expect that the first layer contains simple lies. My mother always trimmed five years off her age.
I expect it isn't the lies we don't know, but those we know that create a Gordian Knot. To disentangle, to extricate, to release ourselves from that difficulty means disrobing—standing exposed.
A recent survey indicated that many people lie about reading the classics. To be well read, in some circles, means that you've worked your way through the canon.
But the lies we tell ourselves grow tentacles. Sloughing off their hold means looking them in the eye and acknowledging our creations.
To prevaricate, to occupy a position, to pervert the truth of a situation, to pretend that one thing is other, to distort and create a different scenario...
But what about a refusal to acknowledge the truth of a situation—governments do it all the time.
Today the minister spoke about lies. She asked us what lies we told ourselves. I expect that the first layer contains simple lies. My mother always trimmed five years off her age.
I expect it isn't the lies we don't know, but those we know that create a Gordian Knot. To disentangle, to extricate, to release ourselves from that difficulty means disrobing—standing exposed.
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