Question:“On white lies”
On white lies
A small lie told to protect someone ends up being something you must protect. One more thing to guard is one less night of sleep.
If the lie is already told, undo it with your own mouth before it is found out. If it is not yet told, choose silence over the lie. Silence needs no guarding.
Athena smiled and stroked Odysseus when he spun a false identity even on the soil of Ithaca. But before Penelope he had to prove himself by the secret of the bed. Invented words end where love begins.