Picture this: a professional poker player strolls into the Taj Mahal Casino and takes a seat at the Hold’em table. No one recognizes him or expects him to be a card shark, so people sit down with him. These people have no idea what they’ve just done. They play for a while, and lose a couple hundred dollars and then get up to let the next one try. The pro just sits there and exclaims “I’m just lucky I guess”. Well, we’d all be “lucky” if we could tell when others are lying or not. This pro feeds off the facial expressions and body movements of his opponents, and therefore doesn’t even really need to know what is in his own hand. If he knows that his competition is holding nothing, and bluffing, he’ll win the hand. If he can tell that they are holding a good hand, he will fold, and give them a

small pot. This is mastering the art of lying. A good liar can tell when someone else is lying.

We all have lied. Probably 999 people out of 1000 will admit to lying at least a few times in their life, and the other one person is lying. Even the President of the U.S. lies. A young boy was caught lying and his punishment was to write a letter to his congressman explaining why people should not lie. His letter told of how lying makes people extremely untrustworthy, and how being trustworthy is an important characteristic, especially in an occupation such as politics. At the bottom of the letter the boy’s father wrote a P.S. He explained that the letter was punishment for lying, and the boy, after being caught in his lie, he exclaimed in his defense "the president lied. “ His father then wrote “He's still having difficulty understanding why the president can lie and not be punished.”4 Maybe adolescent lying is just as common as adult lying, except adults have just learned to be more believable.

Basically, we are not categorized as liars and non-liars. We all fall into the category of liars, it’s just which category of liars we put ourselves in, and to which degree of that category do we reach. Of course the most trusting people are going to be at the lowest degree of lying and we all know that the world would be a better place without so much lying going on. Some advice: If you arrive in the situation where a lie could save you a lot of trouble, always tell the truth. Telling the truth, whether it be bad or not, will help you just because of the moral values you are showing. More than likely, the lie will come back to haunt you. Even if the odds are low that you might get caught, is it worth the risk?

Little white lies are untreatable. They’re untreatable in the sense of medicine, but psychologically they are treatable. People tell litt

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