My friend was amazed at me last night. We went to see 2012 and I actually stayed awake for the whole movie. You see, I don’t watch much television or go to the movies; I tend to fall asleep. There is just something hypnotic about those screens. Or maybe the quality of the show or movie sucked? This one obviously kept my attention.
Well if you’re not aware of this, the world is supposed to end on December 21, 2012; at least according to the Mayans; as that is the day their calendar ends. It couldn’t possibly be that the Mayans got bored with the calendar project, figured it would be a fun evil joke to mess with future generations’ heads, or maybe they had ADD? But according to the Mayans we’ve got a little over 3 years to live and Hollywood took advantage of the story.
Now I won’t tell you about the movie, I want to be fair to those who have not seen it (I hate people who tell me the ending of a book or movie; except of course Titanic: They sink.), but one of the things that struck me the most was a theme running through the movie about telling the truth.
What has happened to being honest? If you’re a fan of House M.D., you’re familiar with the phrase “Everyone lies”; and I agree with that, everyone does lie. But the magnitude of lies in this world seems to be getting larger and larger. Governments lie. Employers lie. Employees lie. Families lie. Spouses lie. Board members lie. It’s enough to get you……………well wanting to crawl under a rock………or perhaps wish it was December 21, 2012 and the Mayans are right!
Someone, a friend, recently lied to me and I’ll tell you it’s still not sitting right with me. You start to wonder what else this person has not been truthful about. You start to wonder if you did something wrong that this person did not feel comfortable enough to share the truth with you. You start to wonder about so many things; especially like why they keep up with the lies even when caught. I don’t get it.
I am hearing more and more stories about people who are just willing to toss away a relationship, a company or a country to save their own face. Sickening and sad. People are becoming less and less engaged in their work, their community, and their loved ones. What has happened to truth and honesty? I’m starting to lose faith in a lot of people and entities. But I guess the good news is that I only have to put up with it for another 1,119 days.
Or maybe people can start telling the truth? Care to join me in forcing the issue to get them to do so? Perhaps we can start re-engaging people together?
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