Being Truthful

To be clear, my last post was about a rejuvenated relationship in my life. I received a few comments and could not find the romance, nor the lost love, as noticed by a few. After reading my last entry, and knowing the true facts of this relationship, it made me smile.

I should have said that this person was a woman. I could have included a gender somewhere in the writing. Possibly, I could have shared this was my stepsister. It was funny to me how the truth was clouded by a few simple missing words. The love of my stepsisters run deep within me. I guess I should apologize, but it showed me something important about what I read and what I write.

News stories, political speeches and media opinions must all have some type of omissions which keep us from the complete truth. We tend to believe what we want to hear. I don't think we really care to hear the entire truth on any matter. There are as many opinions of the truth as there are readers.

At times, possibly our own experiences help us to hear a certain spin on the stories we read. They could help us to solidify our opinion of certain ideals, based on our lives or our beliefs. They may spin an opposition where we want to refute the story to make the author appear to be blatantly wrong on an issue. Stories can make us feel good or have a positive influence on us and stir up a loving memory of a person, time or place.

Though not all the facts are present, people are still worth being heard. We should try not to put other peoples' feelings aside. It helps us to understand each other better if we allow everyone to have an opinion, or to have a feeling about a story or broadcast. It's only until we begin to listen to each other that we become more tolerant. So much more could be accomplished, and solutions to problems could be made, if we listened more intently to the emotions of others. The real truth has little to do with it.

Apologies aside, I was smiled to think I made others smile. Though the truth wasn't completely in the writing, the conversations that followed were entertaining and pleasant.