Barbara A. Lewis

      Eight Great Reasons to Tell the Truth

                               ~Barbara A. Lewis

                               

1. Telling the truth lets everyone know what really happened .There’s less chance of misunderstanding,confusion, or conflict
2. Telling the truth protects innocent people from being blamed or punished
3. Telling the truth allows everyone to learn from what happened
4. You usually got into less trouble for telling the truth other than for lying(and getting caught)
5. Other people trust you more when you tell the truth
6. You won’t have to tell (and remember) more to keep your story straight
7. You gain a reputation for being a truthful-a trait most people value
8. Telling the truth helps you to feel secure and peaceful inside  

Reflection; I think that these eight things will help on telling the truth more often, i mean if you told a lie once then you should know that that was the wrong thing to do but we learn from our mistakes. For example if you decide to blame something on your little brother or sister then that’s bad because you blaming someone else for doing something that they didn’t do. Another example is that if you broke the lamp in your house and your mom saw it and asks you who broke and you want to say your little sibling did it but you know it’s wrong to say a lie so you just have to deal with it and say the truth. So this is what i think that Barbara is trying to tell us so think twice befor you want to blame something on someone else or lie about something you know you did.