Mislead?

I often wonder, Have we been mislead, or d0 we mislead ourselves?
What I mean is this. We often make mistakes, we often do misdeeds, sometimes we even set out to intentionally be dishonest. We are, afterall, human beings. It comes natural. The old saying "the Devil made me do it"  comes to mind. I know we all, whether we admit it or not, Have at some point lied. I also know that, again  whether we admit it or not, we have intentionally been dishonest. You may be reading this and thinking to yourself, "I have always tried to be as honest as I can about everything". Ok ask yourself this, Has anyone ever asked your opinoin and you "spared" their feelings by "spinning" your answer? Have you ever told your children about Santa, The Tooth Fairy, The Easter Bunny? Hmmm got your attention? Although these seem harmless lies, they are still lies. We all tell lies to spare someones feelings or to cover up things we do for someone. (eg: A surprise party.)
When the problem arises is when it becomes such a habit that we start slipping into telling "little white lies" more often than is really necessary. I do not think we will be bound for Hell, for telling a few little lies to avoid conflict or spare feelings. I am not trying to make you think I believe you are going to Hell. I just wanted to address the fact that we all think we are so honest, when we really tell more lies than we would care to publicly admit. We say thank you and your welcome, wehn we really did not even want or appreciate what was done and it is an inconvience to us. We say "Sure, come on over, I wasn't doing anything", when someone calls with a need. When we really were getting ready to turn in for an early night.
We say "sure I can help" when in all reality we need help ourselves. Why do we do that?  Well my personal opinion is that we do a lot of the things we do for approval. We long to feel a part of a group. We long for acceptance. We just want to "fit in". This is all well and good until it interferes with who we really are. Always be true to yourself. Yes, we need to do a little "spinning" and to a degree I beleive that it is perfectly acceptable, within the parameters of not hurting anyone or causing problems for someone , (Ourselves included). However I also believe that we need to use this part of our personal arsenal with a lot more caution than most of us do. If we end up telling lies to avoid something we really need to face head on, this will only cause us more problems in the future than if we had just told the truth and been an adult about the matter. No I don't mean to preach to you to tell the truth; I just wanted to point out that we need to be cautious. Falling into apattern of "little white lies" is how a lot of "Big black Deeds" got started. Just think about it. And the next time you think about needling your way out of something with one of those little white lies, Think if it is worth it and what the consequences will be down the road.
Until next time,
God Bless You And Keep You Safe.
Angela