SSB interview tips to crack: Truth alone triumphs

We tend to lie at times when we want to save our skin. Telling lies at sometimes may give you some benefit in the short run but in the long run it will be harmful. One lie leads to more lies and one gets stuck with his lies so that he breaks down completely. Whereas, if we tell the truth in the beginning itself, we could save ourselves. Also telling truth in the beginning will not get you into any trouble. in case you try to manage by telling lie, and later on you admit the truth then sometimes you might be caught in big trouble.

Here is an incident happened in my childhood where I had to choose whether to lie or not to my parents.

I was a little kid when this episode happened. My mother used to save little money in a piggy bank made of mud. For my mother, it was her bank and she was very attached with the money that she was saving. One day, I was so curious about the piggy bank that I thought I should try to take one or two coins. After trying for a while, luck favored me and a one rupee coin fell down from the piggy bank. In those days, one rupee coin was like a treasure for a little kid. We used to get handful of toffees for a rupee. Now lured by the tasty chocolates, I used to take out more and more coins from my mother's treasure. Now I was having more friends as I used to share chocolates with them too. Things went on this way for a few days. At this juncture, I was not pestering for five or ten paisa while going to school or evening tuition.

Gradually, weight of the piggy bank was reducing. Soon, my mother smelled a rat. She kept an eye on me and I also soon understood it. I was so driven towards the coins at the time that I started to try my luck often. One day, I thought my mother was in deep sleep and it is the best time to take away few coins without any risk. I silently took the piggy bank and was trying to get a coin from it. Suddenly my mother came to me and asked what I was doing with her piggy bank. I was taken aback by the unexpected appearance of my mother and also I shuddered out of fear.

Now I started to think what excuse I should give her. But I thought to be honest and admit my mistake. I told my mother that I wanted to take away a rupee coin out of the piggy bank. She asked me when I started to take the coins. Then I told the truth and admitted completely. I started to cry out of fear. Though my mother did not beat me or yell at me, she did not spoke for a while. It made me sad.

That evening, I was surprised to see a gift from my mother for me. She gave me a nice shirt and told me that the gift was for telling the truth. I once again said sorry to her and she hugged me and told that it's fine. That moment, I was so relieved that I had admitted the truth and I also realized that if I lied to my mother then the situation could have become more worse.

Thus, we should tell truth at the first instance itself to avoid more lies.