What Was I Thinking?

Have you ever done something incredibly, forehead slapping stupid? I did recently, and I don't understand why I did it. Call me silly, but I took a person at their word. I believed this person when they said that they were going to do what they said they were going to. My mistake. I'll be the first to tell you that I have trust issues. In English-that means that I have been lied to by so many people that I do not believe much of what I hear until I actually see it in action. I don't think that people mean to lie as much as they do. At least I have to hope that they don't. I guess there comes a time at the end of the day, though, when you tell yourself that it is okay not to live up to your word, because it is the best thing for you. In the movie The Big Chill-my all time favorite movie, ever, Jeff Goldblum's character has a piece about rationalizing. He says that he is more honest because he is direct with a person about what he wants. When he is accused of rationalizing he explains it by saying that everyone rationalizes, it's more important than sex. I think he is right, people seem to explain away the dishonesty in their lives by saying it is the best thing, because it is the best thing for them. A person I know who claims to be very honest never has a problem with a lie of omission, for some reason. Again, I guess to some people, it isn't a lie if you don't know you are being lied to. In the words of my 13 year old- "Whatever." If you have taken the time to read this, and my counter tells me that about 2200 people do every day, try to go an entire week without lying. No dishonesty and no lies of omission. Don't be mean to a person, just don't lie to them. Try it for a week, you'll thank me later.