truth

“The forecast today – a perfect day to call in sick – 72 degrees and sunny.”

I woke to those words from my radio alarm one morning – literally the first sentence I heard for the day.

For those who might agree (or feel it was just in fun), please remember two things…

A beautiful day doesn’t mean one shouldn’t work and a beautiful day doesn’t mean one should lie.

I believe it’s these small statements, peppered in throughout our conversations, media and entertainment that start making small lies “no big deal”. And unfortunately, once they’re no big deal it’s almost as if they’re not lies anymore.

Lies are anything that isn’t true.

(that’s a period at the end of that sentence)

A small cheat to our favor… taxes, a sick day, extra change… whatever… if it’s not true, it’s a lie (and that includes omission of the truth).

We shouldn’t play games with our integrity.

Each lie, omission, rationalization, or stretch of the truth makes us less believable to others (which just screws everything up).

(I saw that shirt on someone the other day and could only think, “Do everyone a favor (your employer, fellow employees, and customers)… quit.”)

Comments

[Michelle]

Sam...I couldn't agree more with what you wrote here. We can all resolve to protect our integrity better. "White lies" affect all levels of trust and they aren't really "white" at all... Thanks for the brain food!