Responding To Lies

I grew up in a house filled with lies. The entire basis of my life was built on a lie from the age of 4 until the day I refused to continue allowing my life to built on lies. I was taught to lie by the parents raising me until the age of 13. Though they tried to teach me to only lie for them to the other parent, that's not the way it works when you teach a child to lie. They will lie to you about things concerning themselves, as well. Don't be surprised when the child you have taught to lie for you turns around and lies to you. After all, you taught them to lie.

As a reformed liar, I don't tolerate lies, any longer. I don't respond to lies. I don't react to lies. I refuse to be a participant in lies in any way, shape or form. If I discover you lie to me, I won't bring it up. I won't ask questions. I will simply not respond. I won't show up. I won't be around. I don't need to point out to you that you lied. You knew you lied the moment you said it. I have no need to confront you about it. I have no need to hear you try to explain it. And I refuse to have you try to convince me that you did not lie. I have no tolerance, anymore. When the lie is delivered, I will walk away.

I will not defend against lies. I have no obligation to anyone to convince them of a lie. The ones who know me will know it's a lie from the beginning. The ones who don't know me well will soon learn that it was a lie. Or they will learn that the one who spoke the lie is an unrepentant liar. Some might call those type of people pathological liars, but the truth is they are just habitual liars. They will lie without even thinking about it. They will lie even when there's no need to. It's just become so natural to them, they just lie. And that's something they will have to answer for. I don't have to confront them, I don't have to defend against them, I will not be around them. Because I know the greatest tool there is when it comes to lies: the truth will always come out. The truth will always win. It may not be immediate, but it will happen.

So, if you don't get a response from me, double check yourself to see if everything you've said to me is true. Because if there's truth, I will respond. If there is an honest attempt to speak with me, then I'll respond. But, if everything you say is true and there's one lie in the midst of it, I'm not going to respond. Ever. And if you can't understand that, and my reasons for doing so, then you really need to examine your heart and take a good, long, honest, detailed look at your soul. Because if you truly believe your own lies, you are too far gone for me to associate with. And eventually, you will wind up all alone.

Even liars can't stand to be lied to. Which is truly a paradox to my mind. But there it is. That's it.