The Invention of Lying

A few months ago I watched a movie titled The Invention of Lying. I never heard of it before until one day I was browsing the net for some good movies to watch. For me the movie was quite good. Not good, almost good. Haha.

Anyways, the movie was about a guy who was a loser in the movie invented the first lie. He was the only person in the world that could do that, and at some point his lies created chaos. The movie was fairly funny too, especially the parts where people said out loud what they were doing and thinking (since nobody could tell a lie).

Anyways, now it got me thinking.. Are there any good lies? I mean people always say "I didn't tell you because it's for your own good". But what the hell do they know about one's good. What makes them the judge of one's life? I just don't get it. If you lied to a stranger or any unknown source, I would understand, but lying to someone close to you? Lying to someone you're supposedly love and care? That I don't understand.

Being lied to is no fun at all, especially being lied right to the face. That's a big NO for me. I just somehow can sense when I am being lied to, and I always give chances to people to tell me the truth that I already know, just to know how far I can trust that person. My friend once told me to ask a person three times, and if their answer is still the same, then that is it. So, when I asked three times and they still lied to me, then from that moment on, I will never trust that person again.

Trust for me is something precious. Yes. Precious as in treasured and valued. It's not something that you can simply get, it's not something that comes freely. Trust is something you earn, something you get with a price, but of course the price I am talking about here is not with money, you can't buy trust with money. You need to prove yourself worthy of being trusted. You need to earn one's confidence in you for him/her to trust you.

My brother once told me "lie to me once and I will never trust you again". Sadly, I did lied to him and I when he found out, I was really ashamed and from then on he was not like how he was with me before. Did I regret lying to him? Yes, I did. But I know better now, I know how high trust is valued, and once you break the trust, you will never get it back.

Because of that, today I too see things like how he sees. Once someone lies to me, I will never trust that person again, but unlike him, I ask three times, not once (being more lenient and fair) LOL! >.<"