If You’re Not Going to Help, Get Out of My Way!

Shirley Ann Parker
5 min readMay 17, 2022

Lies Follow You Wherever You Go

A young man covering his face in distress
Photo by Doğukan Şahin on Unsplash

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive!”

Sir Walter Scott knew what happens when we tell just one lie. It’s always followed by another lie on the same or a related topic. And on and on, as we desperately try to extricate ourselves from an unwanted situation that we ourselves created.

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Shirley Ann Parker

UK emigrant to USA. Interests: Wildlife, people, mental health, religion. Help me tear down society’s abuses. https://shirleyannparker.medium.com/membership