Truth

Truth is a subject in which every one has an opinion. Webster’s Dictionary says that truth is (1) the true or actual state of a matter. (2) Conformity with fact, or reality.

A person often expresses their truth in a conversation, but because something happens during the conversation, we can misread what was being said and a big problem can suddenly exist.

How do we express truth in our daily conversations? Do we express ourselves bluntly? Are we too subtle in the way we express our truths? Can this be the source of misunderstanding? Do we “read” into others truth what they really didn’t say or mean? Is it possible that we sometimes miss interrupted the truth? I believe that there is more truth expressed in, conversations, than “meets the eye”.

How often have you been in a conversation with another person and think that they said one thing, when they really said something else? Perhaps, we were distracted for a brief moment and missed something. This causes us to misread the truth that the other person was trying to express during the conversation; we missed the point. Could it be possible that a momentary distraction may put us into a problem situation? It is our responsibility to stop, ask questions, and ponder what it was that we thought was said. In this way, we can get a better understanding of what it was they were trying to convey.

All of us want to be understood and express ourselves so that others understand us, and that we are not misunderstood.

I believe that we are all in the same boat. We just don’t ask questions and we don’t try to understand other people. If a person says to you “you said that...” We MUST be ready to get to the truth by talking it over.

The other day, I emailed a friend that he was acting in a certain way and that “I just didn’t know what to think”. Did I really understand him? Did he really understand me? Was his truth something that we both missed? Possibly, but I really don’t know. He never returned my email, or called me to express his understanding of the situation, so that we could come to an understanding. It is indeed sad when we try to express ourselves to other people and they just don’t understand us. I hope that I am not being too blunt and that I am expressing myself clearly in a truthful way.

I hope that this short article will make you think a little and take the time to make calls, emails or even write a letters to others you may have misunderstood in order that the truth can come out. Maybe a friendship can be saved because they now understand you, and you them. The truth must always be expressed.