Dramatic Apology

The phrases “that’s my truth” or “that’s your truth” seems culturally integrated in daily conversation. It seems the statement is meant to allow two parties to disagree without resolution. It’s a barrier statement.

There’s an important distinction between truth and belief. If your truth does not reevaluate when new evidence is presented, then it is no longer a truth but a belief. When people substitute the word truth for belief there is an implied assumption of personal infallibility and a root of pride.

Truth is a journey, a seeker passing through. Belief is a destination, a citizen building residence. Challenges to truth respond with idea evaluation and reason. Challenges to belief respond with speaker evaluation and walls. Call truth truth and belief belief. It creates transparency for conversational pathways and intent.

Taking advantage of ignorance is like beating up children. It’s not cool.

When the world is full of liars, we justify our lying. When we see the world as honest, we work harder to tell the truth. Be careful of those who distrust others.

Happiness is contagious. When we stop thinking about ourselves and start making other people happy, we just get infected.

The accusation of liar is an attack of character, not of idea, and unproductive in community discourse. Attacking and abusing those we oppose creates martyrs and sympathy to the ideas we stand against. Instead we can focus on information and it’s interpretation to evoke the slow process of change.

Certainty is a luxury of ignorance. Self righteousness is the curse of indolence.

Unsolicited advice is nothing more than pride adorned with the illusion of goodwill.