Lies to live by

Sometimes we lie to ourselves.
Trying to preserve and protect.
Trying not to fall for the okie doke and be disappointed just one more time.
We tell ourselves half truths, sometime we outright lie. Hoping what we hold in the our hands is fool's gold, pretty to look at but lacking in true value.
As long as we think its not the real thing we are safe and comfortable and it doesn't cost us a thing(or so we think).

This is where the lying begins

This can't be worth what I think it's worth...

I can't possibly afford something so precious...

I can't really have ALL of this...

This tiny piece is just fine with me, it's all I REALLY need...

We try so hard to believe those lies, swallowing them whole trying to fill what's missing.

Then you open your soul and realize what you hold is precious and priceless.
That tiny piece will never be enough.


Now what?