I think I have written about this before. What has reading a wide variety of authors over the last few years taught me? If I were to distill it down to one thing, I guess it has taught me to believe that every opinion is equally valid and true. Truth is subjective. But this simple philosophy is hard to digest and I find that most others refuse to see it this way. For me acceptance of this as the single valid truth has helped me understand people’s statements, motivations and intent. Mere acknowledgement of another’s statement opens your mind to the varied possibilities and helps you see what you probably would have missed.
My frustration on this has been that while I see it plain and simple, are on two counts. First - I am unable to explain this to others. It is that simple, it isn’t that complex. All you have to do is use different lenses to see different things and sometimes you may not have the lens as the other one has and hence you are unable to see it in their light. Even if someone has stated something false. You know it, the other knows it as well, yet there is truth in it. Use the right lens and you will know what true in it. No this not a trick statement. But see, there is my frustration. I am unable to explain it beyond this.
The second frustration – I have been unable to keep this in my mind 100% of the time. I am trying but instinct (competitive?) gets better of me many times, but I will have to try harder. One of the best ways of changing yourself is to publicly proclaim and commit to it. Here this gets difficult as I unable to explain this to others and hence while I attempt to, there is less discourse and debate on this, thus making life even more complicated.
Forget it. I don’t expect you to understand this. Every man must have their own epiphanies. I might not understand yours and you might not understand mine, but hell, even if ours contradicts, this does not make the other false. There. I closed on a simpler summary. I can afford myself a smile.
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