Hard To Gain, Easy to Break

I think a very large problem in our world today is trust. People lie left and right. Weather it's a white-lie or a big one, lying is an everyday occurrence. Just look at social media; celebrities lying to each other and to their fans, media reporters lying about celebrities, shows like Pretty Little Liars (have to admit I binge watch that show though :/). Lying is everywhere and we are told to think of it as normal, and something you gotta do when the circumstances call for it. Well, I have had my fare share of lies being told TO me, and I telling them. As a teenager, lying is how we talk to our parents too many times. Saying we are going to be place A when we are really going to a party or hooking up with someone or just not really going to place A. I remember multiple instances when I lied to my parents and how horrible I felt and how much I hurt them. I can't imagine my own child not telling me the truth even if that truth will hurt a little. When a lie is told, it will just lead to bigger problems. In the show Pretty Little Liars, that is exactly what happens in EVERY episode. One lie builds on top of another and yet another, and sooner then you think, you have people getting hurt and friendships being broken. Every time I lied to my parents, it took a long time to gain that trust back. It's like for every time a I lied, I had to prove my trustworthiness twice or three times that much. When I have been lied to by my friends, there are some things I can't tell them anymore because they have told other things that I said not to. I don't want to have to keep things from my friends, but if they keep on telling things they shouldn't, or hiding things from me, what else can I do? Trust is SO hard to keep and SO easy to lose. But remember the consequences of lies and the blessings of truth when you are faced with which one to tell.