It is a poor idea to lie to yourself

Yes, thank you! I absolutely love this topic and I will be focusing more on a specific issue: oh why do we lie to ourselves about things that are not in our hearts?

As we get older we feel the pressure from all angles… family, friends, partners, careers and society.  Why do we lie to ourselves though when we aren’t happy? I think we lie to ourselves because of fear maybe and another reason is that we lie to stop ourselves being hurt, usually to protect our self-esteem. There are thoughts that we find unacceptable, and thus we simply refuse to think them. Who knows, everyone is different.  The one big issue here is that we are lying to ourselves whereas we know that is wrong because to lying to others is selfish and plain stupid.  

It is a poor idea to lie to yourself because this may lead into big issues.  Lying to yourself is not a good thing really, because those people that you lie to them are watching you and they will see you as a stupid. I think people have to learn to deal with issues that might help us and reality will change and even the lie will be inconsequential.  Sometimes when we start lying to ourselves, we start lying to our parents and it creates a problem amongst the family which may lead to conflict. Honestly is the key to success, with yourself, with others and with our minds.