As I scan through my friends’ Facebook status updates, a friend was talking about deception and honesty. If a person has openly admitted being deceptive, then he is honest about his dishonesty. Now, how can we tell when he’s finally being honest or just being deceptive trying to cover the truth?
As I continue scanning status updates, I remember another friend talked about options. He said that the more options we have, the more likely it is for us to choose the wrong ones. Then how are we guided to choose the right ones? On the other hand, are we intentionally dragged to choose to wrong ones?
Whether these choices are life decisions, consumer products or picking up what shirt to put on, how do we know the difference between choices? If the choice affects us, should we be one to choose or let the experts do it for us?
A lot of questions popped out in my head within a day but in a way, they were all interrelated. We may be guided to choose what is best for us but in the end, it is always our decision. Life presents us too many options to choose from but sometimes it is best to be given just two choices. Just like the words that come out in our mouth or the way we present ourselves to the public, it is bounded by just two options- we may either deceive or be just be honest.
Then again, when we lie, the first person we choose to deceive is ourselves. Others just come secondarily. Does it reflect how brilliant we are at option and deception? We sometimes choose to deceive ourselves and believe in our own dishonesty. Sometimes we are so convinced in our own deception that we actually believe in it. When we became so convinced, our lies may become our reality and when it does, deception will become our sole option.
