Lying, Deception, and Honesty

Many people confuse the terms lying and deceiving, or they use them interchangeably, but when you think about it are they really different or are they actually the same. If you were to ask me I would say that at times they could be the same, and a lie can be a deception but a deception can not be a lie. But at times I also think that they are different because of the fact that certain deceptions are not lies. A lie is basically defined as something someone says to a person, that is exaggerated, and not the actual thing that happened. My definition of deception would have to be almost the same thing except the only difference would be that when you deceive someone you aren’t necessarily keeping all of the facts and details of a story, but instead you are telling them half the truth, or some of the truth. Also a persons reaction to being deceived is usually better then a persons reaction when they are lied to. To sum it up, the main difference is how much you tell them, because you either tell them part of the truth or none at all or you can just go with the easier solution and tell them the whole truth, because making up stories is really not an easy thing, especially when I think about it. 

Now I’m talking about all this lying and deceiving and for someone reading this it could look like I condone lying and deceiving, but, I really don’t. I feel as though the phrase “Honesty is the Best Policy” stands very true to me. Honesty is the concept of telling someone something and not leaving anything out of the story, so letting them know every detail. Even though I feel as though it is the best option it does not mean I have not lied before. I just feel as though lying is actually very pointless because in the end someone will eventually find out the truth whether it is a few days or a few years later, and sometimes the person will get more angry at you for finding out the truth about something later, then if you just told them the truth in the first place because of the fact that it almost makes them feel like they are not trusted, or that they would have judged you, and that is not how anyone wants to feel. Personally I do not remember when the last time I told a big lie was, because if I do lie, it is usually little lies, or more commonly known as white lies, (which can also be deceptions because white lies are considered telling some of the truth as well). 

In the end I feel as though no matter how much a person will ever believe in honesty, they will always be somewhat of a liar. I feel as though it is almost impossible not to tell at least one lie, especially because most of the time that you are telling it, you feel that it is going to benefit another person in the end. I have yet to meet a person hat has not told one lie in their life, and when I do I will commend them, but, I know they won’t be honest for the rest of their lives, because face it, I mean they are going to have to tell their kids that santa is not real right,and although that is not a big deal, it is still technically a lie,by definition. It all depends on the extent to which you lie and deceive people when it comes down to it. Each person has their own tolerance for people who lie and different feelings towards it, and individually we will decide when something is okay to lie about or not, or when it is we should lie or deceive a person.