From the jilted lover who has based their life around words spoken in love only to realize it was all a lie. To the man that sits on the Jenny Jones' show and finds out that he is not the father of his wife’s baby. Deception has become just another part of life. We endure it in all aspects of our lives from the media, our personal relationships and even our own thoughts. We seem to have built an immunity to the sting that comes from deception. To some it may be an escape a way to avoid persecution and or prosecution; for others it might be a personal prison. There is a beauty to deception, a clarity that comes from the realization of being duped-that moment of reality. Deceit, no matter what the reason or the level, it is committed for one purpose to alter the truth.
There is an old adage that says the heart is deceitful among all things. The vows one takes in life are critical to the character of that individual. To break the bonds of trust is critical to the outcome of ones relationship. Marriage is not the glorified institution it once was. People deceive the person they are to love. Ophelia says to Hamlet, “I was the one more deceived”. To be deceived by someone we love and trust causes calluses on our soul.
There are too many people living by the motto “ if ignorance is bliss than let me stay ignorant”. Self-deception comes in many forms. It can be a diabetic who still drinks a coke a day thinking this won’t hurt me. To the terminally ill patient who won’t accept what the doctor has told them about there condition. To the parent that abuses their child and thinks I am teaching them discipline. People who don’t see the influence they have on other lives. There are also people out there who are just beyond reason. Reality has waved bye-bye to them long ago and they live in a world of make believe. The truth just became too much for them to bear.
I have been deceived and I have been a deceiver. I am neither good nor am I evil. Deceit has broken friendships, killed relationships, and cost me financially. I have altered the truth to spare myself the consequences of my actions. I have lied to myself to cope with situations that I felt were beyond my control. I have been the victim of deceit by family, friends and people of authority. Few things are clear to me as I stumble through this life. In this world deception is a constant evolving entity, and I believe that serenity, strength and wisdom come from trying to seek out the truth.
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