Lying without getting caught is hard work. Growing up, too often I found myself caught up in my own stories. One little stretching of the truth led to two. Two embellishments led to four, and so on. After telling the story several times and watching it grow, I realized that I had created a “house of cards”.
Remember the chaos Robin Williams created in the role “Mrs. Doubtfire” trying to live out two lies and dealing with the consequences? Changing into and out of an English nanny outfit and makeup for the children and into a business attire for an interview? Sir Walter Scott said it best, “Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.”
Telling the truth is just easier. It doesn’t matter how many times you have to relay what happened, it always comes out the same. Owning up to the consequences is tough, but it enables me to sleep at night and that’s a far, far better thing. As a friend once said many years ago, “…and the truth shall set you free.”
At Play-a-Round Golf, we are working to provide honest golf experiences for each of our customers’ golf shots.
This article first appeared in the February 2011 issue of Family Times, published monthly by Play-a-Round Golf and mailed to its customers.
