The-Accountant-Jul-Aug-2017

INSPIRATION
WHY DO WE LIE?
By Angela Mutiso, cananews@gmail.com
How many lies do you think you have told this last week?
Who did you tell the lies to?
Why did you tell the lies?
How do you feel about the lies you told now?
Lying may seem simple and harmless at first, but just
like any addiction, you’ll soon find yourself trapped and
entangled more than you could have ever imagined. Dawson
McAllister Network –The hope Line
People, by and large, are honest by default – David J. Ley
Gordon, a well groomed and
easy going man had enjoyed
a near incident free existence
with his diligent assistant,
Luka for close to twenty years.
Accordingly, he believed he had no reason
to lock up anything in the beautiful home
he shared with Luka – thanks to Luka.
As a consequence, it was clear to Luka
too, that if he did anything unusual, it
would be a real breach of trust on his
part, for a boss who had bailed him out
several times and deceit would trigger a
reaction he would not be able to cope with.
Besides, Gordon had a lot of influence
because of his work and social interactions,
infuriating him therefore, as Luka saw it,
was tantamount to self destruction.
Despite being armed with this
knowledge, Luka lied to his boss; it was
an incident that was to devastate their
well nurtured relationship forever. To date
Luka still wonders why he let it happen; he
recalls events of that day vividly; Gordon
was unhappy, when Luka looked up at
him on that fateful morning; he noticed
that his eyes, which were usually so cool,
were extremely angry. Such moments
were rare for the burly man. “Did you see
the money I left in the pocket of my grey
coat yesterday; about 10,000?” Gordon
had asked suddenly. “No Sir!”” Are you
sure?” His vehemence was too much, Luka
observed ruefully. “No I haven’t Sir!” Luka
always referred to his Master as rafiki;
(friend) but on tense occasions like this, it
did not seem appropriate. Such instances
made him very tense; he could sense that it
almost seemed clear to Gordon that he was
lying. He hoped desperately that Gordon
would blame the occasional guests who
constantly came and went. Nonetheless, no
one else was ever allowed into the bedroom
by Gordon whose family lived overseas and
had nothing but praise for Luka.
To cut a long story short, Gordon
unable to throw light on this complex
puzzle or to believe that this could
happen, consulted a friend in security
circles. Sitting in the lounge of his house,
he explored all possibilities with his close
friend. He wanted desperately to rely on
Luka’s years of loyalty to dispel the thought
that he was the culprit in this distasteful
act. But this was never likely to solve the
problem. So he followed his friend’s advice,
laced some money with a touch of invisible
and indelible ink, and more or less put it on
display in his bedroom. To his utter shock
and dismay, it did not take long before…
you guessed it, the trusted servant Luka,
was…caught with his hand in the cookie
jar. His fingers were stained with some
bright and very visible ink-like substance
that just couldn’t come off; try as he might
to remove the incriminating evidence. As
a last resort, he tried using a razor blade to
scrape off the ink. But all this was in vain.
What made Luka, suddenly become a liar
or had he been one all along? Bottom line:
Whatever his reason, Luka had changed
and he had lied; a lot of things started
falling into place with regard to recent
events. Gordon observed disappointedly
that lying had become the order of the
day for his servant; but when did the rain
start beating them? He had no plausible
answer. However, in view of the fact that
their relationship had been based purely on
trust, it was no longer tenable; Regretfully,
Luka was to leave immediately. This is a
typical example of the devastating effect
lies can have on great relationships.
David J. Ley, (Ph.D) a clinical
psychologist and author of Insatiable
Wives, Women Who Stray and The Men
who love them, in a feature about lies and
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