The only person your fooling is you!
Everyone lies, it is a part of being human I suppose. Most people hold honesty as a value in their lives at some point. Knowing this you would think that the one person you would be the most honest with is yourself, right? After all if you don't do things for you no one will. Actually.... WRONG! Yet another aspect of humanity that makes us different from many other creatures. A deer would never tell itself that it's predator is of no threat, nor would it ever convince itself all its male counter parts are chauvinists. Why do we convince ourselves of that which is not true? Example: Someone who has anxiety or depression may think they are getting help, when in fact they are enabling themselves to remain ill. Sure drugs can help a person overcome their issue with depression and anxiety but becoming dependent on it to be happy is no different then shooting IV drugs or smoking a bowl every hour. Is it not? If this person only takes medication and does not deal with the cause of the disorder it is just like having a skin rash from an article of clothing. Instead of removing the clothing you just treat the symptom by rubbing skin cream on the affected area. Would you lie to yourself and say the clothing is not causing the rash? Probably not, so why do we enable ourselves to fail or make excuses to not do something? I'm not talking excusing unacceptable behavior which would get one in trouble. I'm talking about screwing ourselves. My grandfather always said procrastination is like masturbation, the only one your fucking is yourself. Heh, fortunately it's not just an amusing phrase, it has meaning and its gad damn fucking true. We teach ourselves to fail and blame something else, we hurt ourselves and say its something else. We are responsible for our own fate, failure, success, and demise. As a race if we do not change out mentality and have a better understanding we will fuck ourselves...................