It seems clear that being honesty is important responsibility for every person. By telling truth, one can express own opinion in every aspects freely. However, upon the closer examination, sometimes telling a lie to others is appropriate in certain relationship, because of showing respect to others and evasion from difficulty.
Above all, not always telling the truth in every relationship allows people to respect other's characteristic. This is because others might be irritable since you always tell the truth, which is totally different idea compared to them. As a result, people might not maintain relationship with others for a long time, because they can misunderstand that you are very critical to everything. The best illustration of this is the relation between my friend named Katie and I. Once she wore the pink shirt with colorful flower printed, and she asked me whether it was pretty or not. Since I was too hones, I directly told her that it was really ugly and not match with her hair style. Because of my response, she was really mad at me, because she misinterpreted that I ignored her own style. In this respect, it is hard to deny that sometimes you need a lie to make others happy.
On top of that, by telling some lies in particular situations, you can cope with predicament. This is because , sometimes telling truth enables bigger problem if that truth is about your fault. As a result, I assert that it is much better to lie sometimes to make the situation better not only for oneself but also for others. One of the great example is the lie that I made last month to my mom. At that time, I lost my ten dollars in my school. Then, my mom asked me that where is my ten dollars. To not to make the situation seriously, I responded to her that I bought my science project material. Consequently, I could just manage to tide over crisis, and my mom did not angry at me because of my little lie. In this respect, it should them come as no surprise that people need to be flexible since a lie can be a useful tool to escape from serious situation .
As a concluding remark, always telling the truth is not the most important consideration in any relationship. The reason is that some lie encourage people to get a good reputation from others and to escape from difficult situations. All in all, I strongly affirm that always telling the truth in every situation can be a more than a sacrifice than an opportunity. |