smiles and sweet words

How is it that we are treated like kings and queens with smiles and sweet words, and later we find out that our skin was ripped into pieces in our absence?

I may follow Alceste’s argument on the good manners of his time –our time?-, for his indignation about the falsity of people in society, because he was as sick and tired of deceit as I am. How is it possible that people lost the ability to be honest and develop all those deceit skills instead. Hypocrisy takes a lot of skill, don't you think? I found that, especially at work, people do not want to confront others. Instead of telling the truth in a loving manner, they disguise in a friendly sheep skin, or under a poker face, they tell you how nice you are and how great a job you do on your face, wheareas behind your back, they go and tell everybody else how horrible you've been, and all the mistakes you've done.

However, I'm not as bitter as Alceste as to hate society, and I can agree with Philinte to a certain extent, I still have the hope that things will change. There will be a time when nobody will be able to hide behind a poker face or any fake composture. Now, don't be fool to believe that nobody sees your faking. We'll be transparent, we won't be able to lie to each other because it'll be apparent. We'll be able to speak and act from the heart when we disagree with others.

There will be a time when we'll care for others as we do for ourselves and will be better at being human. We'll have respect for others' feelings and viewpoint, more able to place ourselves in others' shoes.

There will be a time when we'll want for others what we want for ourselves and be more willing to share from inside, not only from our material possessions.

There will be a time when we'll live in peace. I believe in it, and "I'm not the only one!"