Last night I lied.I am ashamed of myself. Although, I told a white lie (half truth) to protect my reputation, I think that in reality I caused more damage. Maybe nobody I told the lie to cares. Perhaps, they already forgot about it.
BUT IT MATTERS.
It matters because:
1) Lying is a sin
2) The fear of truth is not healthy. It shows that I am unable to accept the reality of a certain situation, because I am too afraid/ashamed to admit a particular problem out loud to others.
3) Lack of true humility. I think that if I say everything "is ok" and pretend certain events didn't happen, I can fix the issues with no shame. No one needs to be the wiser, right? Wrong.
4) I am denying others the opportunity to practice Christian virtue.
5) Lack of trust in God. I realized that I am trying to control the situation/people's reactions, etc., where I should just be trusting God to take care of me because the situation is out of my control.
"As Isidore says (Etym. x) "honesty means an honorable state," wherefore a thing may be said to be honest through being worthy of honor. Now honor, as stated above (Q[144], A[2], ad 2), is due to excellence: and the excellence of a man is gauged chiefly according to his virtue, as stated in Phys. vii, 17. Therefore, properly speaking, honesty refers to the same thing as virtue." Summa Theologica
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