Lies and Deception

I have never realised before how many people around me are swimming in a sea of deception and seem completely ignorant of the fact. These people are not devious cunning con-artists trying to empty your bank accounts. They are regular folks that are so fed up with life that they just can't see anything clearly. So they waddle around in the wading pool of self-pity and start lying, mostly to themselves, until they are neck deep in a pool of lies. Some lucky bastards actually have Xanax for a flotatation device. Eventually they start lying to those around them til they permanently set sail into the ocean of fantasy. You would think that everything would be blissful at that point, but no. The waves of reality keep beating down until they are washed ashore. At that point there are two choices: face reality and fix whats wrong with life (way too easy for most folks) or gather the shattered pieces of their perception, seal it with a few more lies, and head on out of port.
What the hell does this have to do with me? you may ask. Well Im standing on the beach watching these fools. Its so tempting to set sail permanently into a perception you create, but unfortunately I am not completely insane and I am not medicated, so I am content to just dip my feet in the water of dreams (If I could only win the lottery) and go home. But its not that simple. These poor misguided fools actually mistake me for a lighthouse, like I have any answers. But I feel bad for them and I listen. I think that might be my first mistake.