Hiding behind walls is so much easier than facing challenges. We live a
life so protected that we miss out on so much that is raw and real. We end up
doing to ourselves exactly what we’re protecting ourselves from. We end up
hurting ourselves by denying the things our hearts want. Though giving it what
it wants would be naive. The question that arises is: do we let others hurt us,
or should we be the ones causing ourselves heartaches? The latter is what most
of us choose. The latter is what I've chosen. You, being in your own shoes,
know exactly what you did and what you’re going to do, and you rationalise the
consequences for it. And why can’t be rationalise the hurt someone has caused
us? We’re not in their mind. We don’t know just how malicious and cunning they
can be. We love being the victim, don’t we? I will not you claim to know
the truth, simply because I do not. I do not know why people go to war or how
did Boo Radley know Bob Ewell was trying to kill Scout and Jem (Ref: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee). Because someone I met quite recently said that
truth is just a perception. Truth is what you believe to be true. It is
reality, it is fantasy, and it is neither. You will rationalise anything that
you want the truth to be. If I believe unicorns exist, then that’s my truth. That is
how we live. That’s how we build our realities. But if my perception could be
wrong and why should anyone else have to put up with the consequences of my
erroneous observations?
It only has to seem right to me for me to believe it, and then for me to
convince you of it. Nothing is permanent and truth is no exception. The truth
changes as we change. Sometimes it’s bitter, other times it’s not as much
bitter, but mostly it’s deciding between whether to drown or stay afloat (it
doesn’t matter if you’re telling the truth or hearing the truth).
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People will be truthful and they will also lie and manipulate. And there
is no way of controlling any of it. So stop whatever you’re doing and figure
out your truth.
