Truth
Mark Twain said: “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to
remember anything.”
He also said: “A lie can travel half way around the world
while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
Oscar Wilde wrote: “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
And Gloria Steinem shared this about truth: “The
truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”
These are some of the many faces of truth we meet each and
every day. We think we are being true and correct in our thinking and actions.
But those appear differently to other people. Which, then, is the truth?
I've found that seeing the big picture is difficult and
takes discipline honed over years. We tend to see everything in terms of
today – this moment – when in reality all things big and small, easy or
difficult, exist in their larger context. Seen in that setting can truth be
discerned more accurately.
And then we only think
so; we cannot possibly know so!
February 21, 2015
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