How easy it is to lead a life of duplicity,
When there are no tough moral choices to make.
How easy it is to violate every law,
As long as you think you wouldn’t get caught.
To copy software illegally,
To cheat on taxes,
To use office property like your own,
To lie about the actual hours you worked,
To go and talk dirty on the Internet under the cloak of anonymity,
To play politics and rationalize that’s the way to get ahead in life.
How easy it is to gossip about others,
To pry into their private lives,
To assassinate their character,
To laugh at their misery,
To rudely cut them off when they are talking,
To kill their spirit by spiteful and snide remarks,
To lie through your teeth and convince them you are sincere.
How easy it is to feel jealous,
Even about your friends’ success.
How easy it is to invent reasons,
Why you couldn’t do it and they could.
How easy it is to forget about your parents,
Once they have made you what you are today.
To convince yourself you are doing your bit,
By sending an occasional card or some cash.
How easy it is to think
Your child is getting good care,
While all you do is, substitute time with money,
And personal attention with the latest toy.
How easy it is to convince yourself it’s just a friendship,
When you know very well,
If not for the lust that lurks beneath,
You would never even bother to talk to her.
How easy it is to let your heart decide over your head,
By believing in all the crap about romance you read.
How easy it is to wonder later what went wrong,
When you know very well, it never was there in the first place.
And how tough it is to do the proper thing!
Dear God! How tough it is to make the right decision!
