#82 “You can’t handle the truth!” Col. Jessep - A Few Good Men 1992
Truth. Isn’t truth legitimately deception? Is the truth the hardest thing to handle? Yet, we can’t seem to not, not want to know the truth. If the truth makes someone feel good, yet, it pains another; why is there so much riding on telling the truth? Why does the truth always have to be told? I often at times see people skirting around the truth. They are spending most of their effort contemplating a well like-able story that isn’t negotiable. A story that is strategically putting people in places, and places in surroundings.
Is it true, can people not handle the truth?
First, lets start with those who have been lied to. The type of deceit that isn’t planned, yet, out for their best interest. Are we protecting each other from the lie or from the consequence? If the lie isn’t as important as the consequence; wouldn’t the truth be a non-cohesive issue? I am true to believe that lies are meant to mask our fears. Lies are cover-ups to inhibit tests amongst people and their strengths.
Lies generate communication. Communication keeps those lies thriving. The truth has to come out eventually.
As we move along in our day to day, we often don’t know why we lied to begin with. We often don’t know why the truth just sounds so unflattering. If lies are careless, and truths are forced; do you compete the lie or the truth before you speak? Think about why we second guess the truth, and why we second guess the lie. I wanted to add a second point to this stream of consciousness; have you been the one telling the lies? Are the lies easier than the truth?
If one must lie out of passion, or even contempt; we must know that the person “believing” you is only as skeptical as what stage you have previously set.
Truth behold, the nature of the beast is in all of us. The nature of the beast is what makes many things irresistible. When we invoke pride in oneself, we invoke trust in another. As a man, we deem the truth to be our best lie. As a society, we surround ourselves in a sea of lies, yet, only the most obvious and controversial make the front page. If politics, government, law, and justice were about the truth, we must ensure we can handle the truth. If not, we must challenge the obvious.
“Just because a person’s got a motive doesn’t mean that they’re guilty.” - Lt. Cdr. Galloway
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