Lies

People in the West average 4 lies per day
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That is 1460 per year
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Or how about 88,000 by the time we are sixty!
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The most common lie is "I am fine"
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Lying in little things is thought to be fine
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Part of the modern way of life in fact
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However it sets a way of thinking into a habit
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We can say that saying "I am fine" when you are not is just avoiding inflicting your bad mood onto someone else 
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Or that you do not wish to share something with them
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Sounds fine except that it most certainly makes it more likely that to avoid or obscure other things in the future your choice will be more likely to lie
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Then before you know it you arrive at 4 lies per day
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Count yours today
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Just little things we say, however they set a trend in motion
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A trend that is not good news over time
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So for the record and to remind ourselves what we are talking about
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A lie is a type of deception in the form of an untruthful statement
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Especially with the intention to deceive others
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Often with the further intention to maintain a secret or reputation
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Protect someone's feelings or to avoid a punishment or repercussion for one's actions. 
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To lie is to state something that one knows to be false or that one does not honestly believe to be true with the intention that a person will take it for the truth. 
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A liar is a person who is lying
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Who has previously lied
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Or who tends by nature to lie repeatedly 
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Even when not necessary
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Is this you?
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If so then time to tidy up your act