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Truth
I've been thinking about the concept of 'truth' for a while now. So many of us really care about knowing 'the truth'. The truth of everything in the universe.
But is this such a good idea?
Sometimes, it seems that living and believing a lie may be a better option. How many times has the truth actually hurt people, broken up families and best friends. Is it worth it? When such things happen, did the person pursuing the truth so fervently actually think that the truth was all it's cracked up to be?
I'm thinking about that movie "Closer" for example. That movie was so touching for me because it addressed that point exactly. You never knew if these couples were sharing truths or lies, but the search for the truth - even if they found it or not - always led to heartache.
I gotta think about this further and I'm willing to hear your thoughts about it. Did you watch Big Fish? Maybe sometimes lies ARE good. Maybe sometimes we don't need to search for the truth so vigilantly...
hi breathe,i saw that film too and it touched me as well.
ReplyDeletei think the truth worth a lot of what it brings to us,because no one want to live in abig lie coz the persons around him fear to hurt or bring him as u said heartache,and there are something we don't want to neglect it that from our pain we gain experiences from life
but in other hands like in big fish too it was obvious that guy wasn't telling lies to his son everything was true from his point of view he was describing his feelings during telling the stories and i loved that he didn't lie he just told his son the truth in his point of view.
in my point of view the truth has many faces and it worth to bear anything to know it and live with it.
but u know something everyone has his own point of view about the truth and how he says it.
Hey breathe.. Do not you think it is impossible to find the perfect truth? i think you are for discovering the impossible!
ReplyDeletegood luck then.. i agree with you, truth is a relative matter, as our world is. but still, there is something in the heart tells one where is the "truth".
good thought.. hopin you will find the" naughty truth"
Rousha
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ReplyDeleteHey Breathe,
ReplyDeleteI've had this thought written down for a while and think it's a better idea to develop it here than in a separate blog... wouldn't want to steel your thunder. Or have you already stolen mine?
You are right. Sometimes the truth will hurt, especially those we love most. But to not tell the truth will hurt even more.
Yes there are some things that don't need to be communicated, but I would rather say too much than not enough.
The truth is a secret weapon. It is a leap of faith we must make to get to where we want to be. It liberates the one who tells it. Releases them from a burden they would otherwise need to carry deep inside eating away at them.
At the same time it tests the person hearing it. Will they see the honesty, purity and bravery it took to say it, or will they fixate on the content? Will they appreciate the trust and faith that has just been put in them or will they judge?
It is the ultimate test of a relationship but it is also the ultimate bond in any relationship.
Personally, I don't like to have secrets. They are uncomfortable and I always end up saying too much too soon.
There are things I will keep close until the time is right, but I will never keep them too long. No matter what... sometimes to my own detriment.
Ultimately when we tell a lie we are really fooling no one but ourselves. The question is which life would you rather live in?
If God were to hold all Truth concealed in his right hand, and in his left hand only the steady and diligent drive for Truth, albeit with the proviso that I would always and forever err in the process, and to offer me the choice, I would with all humility take the left hand, and say, Father, I will take this--the pure Truth is for You alone. -Gotthold Lessing
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