Welcome friends!
Also, welcome enemies.
This is the first in what promises to be both an exciting and un-exciting voyage . . . a shadowy flight into the world of a man who does not exist, if you like.
Each day (or every few days if the old memory loss/apathy kicks in), I will present to you here the musings of my largely uneventful existence. It will hopefully serve as an antidote to the standard journalistic fodder, the newspapers and television programmes that create fear and anxiety. I'll offer words of wisdom and motivation for you to take on your travels. There will be zero scaremongering.
All being well, if you tune in, you'll laugh, you'll cry . . . and then maybe laugh a little more.
And it's free.
Cool, eh?
Is wicked, non?
Today's topic : Lying
Do you lie? Not like a cat lies, relaxing on the floor after it's had its tea or just butchered some defenseless furry creature in the back garden.
The human kind - saying something you don't believe in, saying something that hasn't happened, saying something that you don't feel.
I was brought up in a kind-of christian environment. You go to Sunday school, they tell you that one of the Ten Commandments is that thou ' shalt not lie.' If you asked why (which kids do, cos they're smart), the priest or teacher or bible would tell you that is 'a sin.'
That never really answered much for me. It never really got to the root of why lying is a bad thing.
I've come to realise since then that honesty is the best policy. I've tried living a lie.
It doesn't work.
As much as you might try and wallpaper over the truth that is in your mind and body at any one time, it will just persist.
When you're earning a crust though, the rest of the world apparently isn't ready to open up; alcohol and prozac reign supreme, people will lie and cheat and tread over one another to climb the 'greasy pole', to get higher up the illusory 'property ladder.'
If you're not happy with your life and you're living a lie, you might want to change to the other side.
Just don't try doing it at work.
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