It is a poor idea to lie to yourself

“I sit in my corner of lies
It's these four walls I despise
Everywhere I look I see a glimpse
Of everything I seem to miss

I lie
I cheat
But it's myself I cannot beat

I scream
I cry
But to myself I cannot lie

These walls are crumbling faster now
This I wish I did not allow
I'm swimming in this thick sea of lies
My excuses I do not buy

I lie
I cheat
But it's myself I cannot beat

I scream
I cry
But to myself I cannot lie

The walls have tumbled to the ground
My commonsense is nowhere to be found
One lie leads to another
Now more than every I need my mother

I lie
I cheat
But it's myself I cannot beat

I scream
I cry
But to myself I cannot lie

I know there is not anything I can say
To change what happened that day
Who I am I trying to fool
It's my emotions that mask, rule

I lie
I cheat
But it's myself I cannot beat

I scream
I cry
But to myself I cannot lie

Sorry is the best I can do
Its the answer I never knew
Till now
It's not my fault, it was you who broke our vow

I lie
I cheat
But it's myself I cannot beat

I scream
I cry
But to myself I cannot lie

Don't tell me how to cope, to feeling
I deal, how I deal
I'm no longer associating myself with you
My life, wall to wall, just keeps on crashing because your so untrue

You lie
You cheat
But it's me you cannot beat

You scream
You cry
But to me you cannot successfully lie”

-       Poem by Emma  Patton

All of us – big, small, old, young, different racial groups, different cultural groups, different religions – all of us, lie.

We are human.  Therefore we are so used to tell a white lie or twist a story around to suite us better.  It is unfortunately a human flaw.  Some of us feel guilt and some absolutely nothing.

There are quite a few people who also lie to themselves.  Those who have problems like alcohol and drug abuse, compulsive liars, those having an affair, etc.  There is a whole list of people like this.  They believe they do not have a problem. 

I think it is a poor idea to lie to yourself.  By lying to yourself, you hurt the people around you, people you might need in future.

Think twice and consider the possibilities before lying to yourself. As the poem above stipulates, you cannot escape yourself.