Amidst that conversation, what a person says is a matter of his or her ethics of saying the truth or not. Now in this world where everyone is in a race of life, people opt for what is of benefit to them. Very few are the people who are of still strong conscious and stick to saying the truth.
Let’s give a thought to why does a person choose to lie? Well, it might be the easiest option to get out of a situation or the person is being benefited or when the person has a good faith behind it, just to make sure someone doesn't get hurt. Well, there can be n number of such reasons for different situations.
But why does someone has to lie? Is it because of lack of trust between the conversing parties? Let’s take few situations to understand this. You are late for your office because you forgot something and then had to go back for it. When you reach at your office late than your reporting time, you might make some excuse as to traffic, someone’s illness or something else. That’s because you know that if you say the truth to your superior he or she won’t understand your situation. The same is applicable in a school or a college scenario.
Other scenario can be when you have something that your family needs to know, but you give them a sugarcoated lie. You will do this when you know that you won't be trusted on the decision you've taken and the act carried out or you might think that the truth might hurt their feeling, or they won’t perceive you right.
Then there are friends who share a good relation, they might also hide certain things from each other or lie to one another regarding certain situations. That's because you think that it might hurt their feelings or your secret is not safe with them or there can be any other trust issues.
In each of the above situation it is trust who is the driver. If you think that your boss, family and friends will trust you on what you say, you wouldn't lie to them at all, would you?
Now imagine a glass half filled with water, here the other half is occupied by the air. Now if you add more water to it the space taken by air will reduce and vice versa. Scenario is quiet similar here, if you trust someone completely there will be no need to lie and if you don’t then it is where lie finds a place to be.
If you expect someone to be truthful to you, all you've got to do is trust the person completely. Then, sooner or later you will realize that trust will not fail you ever. In case it does, then you will at least be satisfied that you tried, and take my word for it, IT MATTERS !!
