Thursday, July 8, 2010

Veritas Liberabit Vos: The Truth Shall Set You Free


Ever since I started going to a Jesuit institution, I was always told of the saying "Veritas Liberabot Vos" which some of you may know is Latin for "The Truth Shall Set You Free". I am an advocate of being honest. My conscience always bothers me whenever I lie, especially when I know that there are no lies that will forever be kept secret.

Although, there are several occasions when you have to lie to protect people from getting hurt and these are our so called "white lies". White lies have saved my relationship with several people especially when I have nothing good to say to them. I can't just tell someone in the face that they looked terrible if they wanted my personal opinion on their physical appearance. 

Well the most common reason why people lie is to protect themselves. I myself have a lot of skeletons in my closet and I do not want to reveal these secrets out of fear that my friends and family will turn their backs on me once they've found out my dirty secrets.

Lies are inherently evil because they are meant to deceive people but there are times when one has to commit a necessary evil for the greater good. I will continue to hold on to my secrets and the secrets that other people has trusted to me. Although I want to share my skeletons to the world, I have to create a different blog under a false name. This might be the best idea after all. I want to create a blog under the cloak of anonymity so that I can truly express my true self with out fear of retribution.

I just hope that my dirty secrets won't haunt me in the future.


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Photo credits to Eternal Stickers

1 comment:

  1. Ano namang truth??? Uso pa ba yun? Hehehe....

    Edgar Vincent Bautista!!!!!!!!! Kamusta na ang buhay estudyante??? Hindi na ko ganong nakaka pag hop din kasi kunwari busy ako...para naman magmukhang importante, di ba? Hehe....

    Anyway hi-way....catching up here. Dami mo kwento ah....ano na nga yung nasa closets? Kalansay ba kamo? Hahaha....

    Have a good weekend!

    Ate J

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