"The Ways We Lie" Dialogue.

Is it possible to tell lies and still be an honest person?

This is actually a hard question to answer I think. Its like a double standard. To answer this question in my honest opinion without analyzing it, I would have to say no, you cannot be a lair and then consider yourself an "honest" person. How is that even possible. 

When I analyze this question, I think well yes, you can lie and still be an honest person, I lie daily, there not lies that will necessarily harm anyone, but the fact is that I am lying. I consider myself a very honest person, and I think that I am that way because I am a huge believer in karma, so if I do something that I know is not right or I know that it is a huge lie that could have some repercussions than I think that karma will get me back in time. Like I said I lie probably more than once a day, rather it be at work and I have a drug rep that wants to meet and talk to the doctor about meds, I lie to the rep and tell them that the doctor is either n available or that the doctor is to behind to meet with anyone at this time. I do this because its what I have been told to do by the physicians. I do not tell them the truth that we have all the samples of the meds that we need and there is no point to talk to any doctor at this time, if I were to tell them that we probably would loose that rep and possibly not have that med sample avaible to the patients. 

Another way that I lie is to my child, I know that sounds horrible, but its true. She will ask me something like "Mom are you scared at night, because Daddy is not here cause he has to work late" I feel obligated to lie. I feel that I cannot tell her yes, Lylia, mommy is terrified at night because Daddy works nights. I feel that if anything I have to lie and say no silly, why would I be scared. I have you here, and our house is safe. There is nothing to be scared about. When I tell her this I think it reassures her not to be scared that her dad is gone to work at night, maybe she feels scared that he is not here at night, and if I admit to her that I am scared to, she is not going feel safe. I would rather lie to her than to have her feel any type of fear. 

So yes I think that it is okay to lie, to a certain extent. I do not think that it is okay to tell a lie that is going to cause harm to anyone. I also do not think it is okay to lie to make something sound better than it really is, I think that its pointless and in time you will just not be trusted. To deceive someone by lying is messing with emotions and breaking trust that you may never get back.