The lies I believe

Truth or lie? We humans have a complicated mind that we ourselves sometimes struggle to understand. In the midst of these struggles, we sometimes foolishly believe things which aren't true. It could be strong pressure from our friends or family, it could be due to a lack of confidence, or it could be just our imaginations. In fact there are alot of reasons as to why re believe lies, each depending on the situation. I'm no different from everyone, there are lies I foolishly believe as well, some which are as silly as a slim girl looking into the mirror and say to herself: "I'm fat, I need to diet and lose weight!"

Lie no. 1 - I'm still young
Each time I tell myself: "I'm still young", it was words of comfort to possibly a setback but to be realistic, how young can a person stay? There is a time we have to tell ourselves: "I'm not young anymore it's now or never." Sometimes when we make ourselves feel young, it could have an adverse effect. It could become our comfort zone and eventually become an excuse for every failure or setback.

Lie no. 2 - I'm good with girls
Lets face it, a guy who has a way with girls wouldn't be dateless nearly every single weekend and is still left on the shelf after more than a year. Once upon a time I admit I had a way with the opposite sex but nowadays isn't the case anymore. For one, I'm not really a funny person, and I'm plain boring. Maybe that explains why uh.

Lie no. 3 - I'm good-looking
I don't know how people define the term 'good-looking' but fact is that it should be a complete package meaning looks and facial features aside, the height, physique and charisma should be there and I lack all of those.

Lie no. 4 - The grass is greener on the other side
Another piece of excuse of words which brings music to my ears during difficult times. What I didn't realize was the hidden line - the grass is greener on the other side but u also need to make sure u manage to find the other side.

Lie no. 5 - I can live without a woman
Been there, done that. I have no problems living a single life but all the happiness in singlehood added up still conjures upon the fact that there is still a missing piece of happiness that can only be found when my status reads: "Attached". It's not for nothing they say 'behind every successful man is a woman'.

Lie no. 6 - I'm good enough
Everytime I tell myself I'm good enough for something, disappointment always follow thereafter. Confidence is an amazing thing, too little and u fall apart, too much and u fall apart too. I was never good enough in anything, because there is no limit as to how good I can become. Hard work pays off and the key to working hard is to be humble.

Lie no. 7 - God is fair
I don't know about others but as far as I'm concerned, god was never fair to me in the beginning. And all my life I've always had to take the longer and harder route when everyone else takes the opposite. Since when is god fair to me when he already more than ruined my life.

Lie no. 8 - Girls are stucked up
This impression have always been livid in my mind but to be honest it's also because I've met my fair share of such girls which further cement that thought in my mind. It's as though as I've got a thing against girls which is true as I don't give a damn to appearances or status but however this is just some stucked up thinking I have. There are nice girls arounds and just simply meeting and getting a tummyache from a rotten appple doesn't necessarily mean I have to paint the same picture for the rest of the apples in the cart.

Lie no. 9 - Money is not everything
I can say it 100 times that money isn't everything but 10000 times my mind will tell me money is 'almost' everything in this world, especially when I'm living in a place call Singapore. Yes a country whose people are extremely money minded, whose living standard is very modern and where pieces of paper could be worth more than diamonds.

Lie no. 10 - I'm a positive person
For every positive I have, there are probably 3 negatives accompanying it. But ironically its because of this negatives and fear of failure which inspires me to success. Having said that, I can't say I'm a positive person because I hide alot of negatives behind the positive and confident image I put up. I guess I'm one of those who allow negatives to inspire them further so it's not all gloom and doom.

There are definitely much more than these 10 lies I often cheated myself with. I don't know if I will continue to cheat myself, I'm quite sure I will but I too, am quite sure I will think harder and deeper each time to avoid cheating myself.