Questions from the back of the card: truthiness

the interesting idea... the start of this project... the conversations to come

I'm a member of Post Crossing, the internet site for postcard exchange. I sent a card to another Post Crosser, Ilona from Germany. She asked that people tell her which magical power they would like to have. Her question really made me think!

In turn, I thought it would be an interesting project to ask people to pose Thought-Provoking Questions. I would do my best to answer with my opinion, and I would encourage others to add theirs.

And, so was born this blog! I hope that it will be the home for many interesting conversations in the year ahead!

Friday, November 26, 2010

Trust me. I'm not lying. Really

Hanna, from Sweden, wants to know:

Should you always speak the truth?

I remembered an article I'd read that said we're practically incapable of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. In fact, in one experiment, approximately 60% of the participants told at least one lie, and these lies cropped up in conversation as short at 10 minutes.

Would I lie to you about that?

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Truthiness

Linda, from Belgium, poses a question that's tougher than it seems:

What's your biggest LIE, ever?

Wow.

I promised I'd answer each question the best I could, but this one's a stumper. Biggest lie, in that it still bothers me? Or, biggest lie, as in most outrageous story? I imagine that, as a child, I probably told some pretty improbable tales.

Going with option a, I'd have to say telling someone I no longer loved him when, in fact, I still did. It took well over 20 years for me to say the truth and to say that even after all that time, love was still what I felt.