Lies People tell

Harshitha A.V.L
4 min readDec 5, 2022

You know what’s the first lie we all hear from the time we are born? “Oh my child!, be nice to everyone and love everyone, you will receive the same”. I think it should be same in kind, just that instead of love, we get hurt, disappointment and a new outlook on life that no one should be trusted haha…I think that’s why the meditation apps are in business these days…otherwise what would they even sell when everything is all rainbows?…I think these apps should have special sessions for all kinds of hurt, hurt by colleague, heart broken by friend, defrauded by relative ..I mean don’t modern problems require modern solutions..?

I think the second biggest lie that everyone, damn everyone knows but doesn't talk about is family/friends are everything! and you can’t stay alone!..F that thought!!…Few months ago when I had lunch with my colleagues, they pointed out its been almost an year since I wrote any blog…I mean I was taken aback too…really a year?…Maybe I was too happy living my own life?…Or the darkness in me has left coz always it was the darkness in me that drove me to write

But naah…last year I started an experiment (Yes, I do experiments on life and humans where I study behaviors and patterns…if you have been my friend, there is a good chance you have been part of my experiment lol)…I mean ofcourse, I achieved my dream job so what else could I do to keep my mind active…the experiment was to see test limits…limits on human values, upto what extent they are able to bear someone, limits on to see at what point a human becomes selfish etc etc

And trust me, my life or the universe or whatever power is there conspired for me (or against me) and made this year equally like a roller coaster ride to give me a lot of data points. Starting from a new job, new city, new people, people calling me wrong, an accident, a surgery and what not …best thing, I got lot of data points on the same people in different scenarios…(After all, I’m the daughter of a Phd professor, so I of course know how to sample data correctly)

The thing I observed is, there is no pattern in this…and if you believe there is a pattern, its your mind filling up the gaps with positive assumptions!…someone is nice to you once?, you think they are a nice person…someone helps you once, you think they are helpful, they don't leave you once, you think they will never leave you…get my point?….isn’t this the work of your stupid aimless mind filling up gaps of your data and drawing straight lines saying heeyyyyy this is a nice person!…maybe they wont hurt like others…but once you plot more points, you will realize a straight line could never cover all the points, it was just your assumption that a straight line would fit.

I think cherry on the cake is when you hear, “Who told you to assume” lol…I think my experiment of this year, sometimes though the data points were not enough, there were times I didn't add any assumptions….coz I didn't care about what the result of the person would be. And sometimes though they were enough data points I would add either negative or positive assumptions based on my fears (Come on, i know i sound like Wednesday Addams conducting experiments on people, but I do blink and sometimes let my personal fears into experiment…thank god I’m not a scientist then?)

My experiment concluded one thing…there are no patterns…the lie we are told that we cant be alone is foolish…maybe its told to prevent us from achieving something higher.. (or is it a secret illumanati?)…values are skewed…people change it as they like and cover it with their own illogical reasoning…truth is twisted..there is nothing as absolute truth in this world…everything depends on whoever is the strongest in explaining their perspective

Look, this is all not new, each and everyone of us know this and i just wrote it down…but no one talks about it openly!..why?…coz u still believe this world is all rainbows and want to ignore everything happening around you?..And people who speak the truth, the whole truth are shushed?

Just because people around you are bossy or you depend on them doesn’t mean you lose yourself in the process. As Wednesday Addams said, “Why should I fear the dark when the masks people wear in the sun are far more terrifying”… Don’t be afraid to dwell into your darkness just because of the people around you, people don’t care, people leave and values are a compromise which can be manipulated as per situation. No one knows your true story and no one will ever try to know it also…. or at least that’s what my experiment says…. do your own experiment and find your own results!

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Harshitha A.V.L

I like writing about life and challenging my perceptions. Coder by day, writer by night