Is Lying to Others a Form of Lying to Yourself?

A study published in the journal Emotion says that embellishing stories to friends is not really an attempt to deceive others, but rather, an attempt to express your true hopes and goals.
According to the article, "these self serving exaggerations are not lies, but future truths" as they are your goals that you intend to achieve.

My Take
A lie, is a lie. Whether you are pushing this untruth to others or yourself.
Webster dictionary puts it this way: 1: to make an untrue statement with intent to deceive, 2: to create a false or misleading impression.

At one point or another, we may have done this with ourself and others - present company included ;-)
We may want to ask ourself:

• Am I really lying to myself and others by making these exaggerations?
• How will the person feel upon uncovering the untruth(s)?
• Could the untruth(s) cause the person to change their view of you?
  

It's a constant struggle, but maintaining our integrity will provide more satisfaction than an lie/untruth to make ourselves look better in other peoples eyes. This of the satisfaction as the same as what you get from accomplishing a goal you set out to achieve or finally finishing that building project.
We have to be happy with ourselves before we can make ourselves look better in other people's eyes!

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Eat Locally or Eat Differently?

Would you consider changing your eating habits if doing so will help the environment?
This article speaks about what is better, to eat locally or to eat differently and it's effect on the environment.

From the article: "'Eating local' has become an important concept among environmentally conscious communities in recent years. The impact on greenhouse gas emissions of becoming a "locavore," however, may not be as great as proponents had thought."

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Should you stop wearing shoes?

Apart from evolution theories*, this article is an interesting read - especially for women. Even though I love the footwear my wife dons, some times I find my self asking her: "Is that really comfortable?" Usually the answer is "No, not for long!" Obviously she does it for the look.

Why should we look in to our shoes and walking habits? Well, the shoes that we wear may be forcing us in to bad habits that may lead to physical health issues.

From the article: "It took 4 million years of evolution* to perfect the foot, and humans have been wrecking that perfection with every step since they first donned shoes..."

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*yes, it's a theory and not a fact. The missing link is still missing, remember? BTW- it's amazing how people put together a bunch of old bones and conjecturing that we evolved from chimps. FYI: Conjecture = which appears likely to be true, but has not been formally proven to be true

Women's Life Expectancy Dropping

According to a new study, a women's life expectancy is less than it was in the 1980's, in some parts of the U.S.
The study also reports that this happening more in the poorer areas of the country and blames smoking and obesity related diseases.

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Can obesity cause global warming?!

This is an interesting article on obesity and it's 'carbon' footprint.
But can obesity cause global warming?!

From the article:"...two scientists write that obese people are disproportionately responsible for high food prices and greenhouse gas emissions because they consume 18% more food energy due to their greater body mass -- and require increased quantities of fuel to transport themselves and the food they eat."

You be the judge: click here for the article.