About five minutes ago at about 10:40 P.M. (October 6, 2009), I looked at my e-mails. Reading each one carefully so that I would be prepared for school, I read one that was sent by my english teacher, Ms. Hepp. She asked me why I did not have a second blog post, and if I had a noteworthy excuse, to explain. My only excuse was that I forgot or that I had a regatta meeting that weekend, which I had to leave from school on Friday. I knew my excuses were no valid, for the blog post assignment has been assigned for three weeks. I had the decision of telling the truth (good) or telling a lie (evil). I know that lying is bad, but I thought that a little lie wouldn't hurt anybody, but then I thought that this lie could be on my concious forever. One lie could destroy my life (unprobable but could) and would definately hurt me. Then, I thought about what Confucius said about how to live one's life. I followed "the Way" and chose to tell the truth, that I had no reasonable excuse. Although I would have a zero on my homework, the truth is more powerful and my concious is clean.
I believe that human nature is good. Just doing something good can show one that there is good in the world, and that it is more common than evil. I had a choice, but my concious told me that it was better to tell the truth even if the circumstances are bad for me. Although Confucius said that it is okay to lie if it is to save, but I understand that it would be saving my grade, instead of someone and that would be greedy. I knew that I would not be able to sleep very well when I try to go to sleep. I would probably forget about the lie or even joke about it, but I know that someday that I would remember it and regret it. The choice of good and evil is everywhere. Choose the right decision, tell the truth. You don't even have to try, just do it with instinct.
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