pinocchio and a hormone

So today in biology we talked about this hormone called oxytocin.  Oxytocin is one of the major hormones in females.  It is responsible for lots of things but two of which are: 1. it's the cuddle hormone 2. it also has a lot to do with trusting people... like if you get a shot of oxytocin you are more likely to trust someone. With that, anyone that knows me knows I love to cuddle and I am very trusting. However, if you give me reason to not trust I will let that go real fast.  I am very understanding and like to think the best of people.  Which often sets me up for disappointment.  Lying is not necessary.  This is one of the first things I will teach my children.  I'd rather someone tell me the truth and me disappointed or upset for a day rather than find out that someone has been lying to me and be disappointed or upset for a lot longer.  Lying only hurts people and it is not acceptable.  I'm not saying I've never lied... because that would obviously not be true.  I have definitely lied to people and I've learned my lesson.
Moral of this story: I have high levels of oxytocin. I don't like it when I'm lied too.

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world's believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions. -Thomas Jefferson


"those little white lies that we think are okay... yeah they add up." 



Lies were like acid, corrosive: They could dissolve trust in a heartbeat. -Rob Thurman

On a lighter note... here's three interesting facts I learned in biology today:
1. The same part of your brain that controls drug and alcohol addiction also controls romantic love... therefore you can become addicted to a significant other.
2. When you are drinking cows milk you are essentially drinking cows blood with the red blood cells removed.
3. There was a study done in Europe where babies wore head phones with classical music playing in the nursery of the hospital and they were less likely to cry and slept better...