Hole in the pocket
If you were in possession of the most powerful force in the known universe, how would you use it? A power that has raised and struck down men and nations, a power that cuts to the core of any ideology, any idea, any thought, rational or irrational. A power that strikes fear in the hearts of many, and gives great strength to others. A power that each and every one of us can be in possession of, but so often we let languish in the back of our minds and rarely shows its self in our lives.
Why do we so often shortchange truth?
With it, when the forge of life tests us we have everything. Without it, when the fires come, we are burned away and have nothing.
Truth, absolute truth, is so easy for us to acquire in any situation yet we seem to cast it aside at the first sign it will crimp our style. The answers really are that simple. Its the living them out consistently that is difficult. Yet when we choose not to, we treat so great a treasure, so great a power as a simple inconvenience, a buzzing gnat to be swatted away, crushed under the drive to convenience or pleasure.
We expend so much energy engaging in psychological and moral acrobatics to nullify the simple power of truth that we give up the peace that we so desire and wind up far worse off than we would had we simply submitted to that truth and moved on. We reach the end of the road of our lives and have empty hands, empty hearts and have nothing to show but exhaustion and confusion because so long ago we made "easy" choices and refused to deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow where truth leads.
If we do not rest the sum of our existence on truth, we are pushed and pulled by every whim, the cause celebre of the day, and whatever is espoused as "the answer" of the moment, only to be told later that were wrong, uninformed and backward. This simple solution is so foundational to every aspect of our lives.
If we do not choose early on to make a master of true truth, as our days march away we cannot cope with the loss, the change, and the questions we must finally wrestle with, prepared or not.
What's true is not new, and what's new is not true.
Do not let your epitaph be "Mene Mene Tekel Uparsin".
Why do we so often shortchange truth?
With it, when the forge of life tests us we have everything. Without it, when the fires come, we are burned away and have nothing.
Truth, absolute truth, is so easy for us to acquire in any situation yet we seem to cast it aside at the first sign it will crimp our style. The answers really are that simple. Its the living them out consistently that is difficult. Yet when we choose not to, we treat so great a treasure, so great a power as a simple inconvenience, a buzzing gnat to be swatted away, crushed under the drive to convenience or pleasure.
We expend so much energy engaging in psychological and moral acrobatics to nullify the simple power of truth that we give up the peace that we so desire and wind up far worse off than we would had we simply submitted to that truth and moved on. We reach the end of the road of our lives and have empty hands, empty hearts and have nothing to show but exhaustion and confusion because so long ago we made "easy" choices and refused to deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow where truth leads.
If we do not rest the sum of our existence on truth, we are pushed and pulled by every whim, the cause celebre of the day, and whatever is espoused as "the answer" of the moment, only to be told later that were wrong, uninformed and backward. This simple solution is so foundational to every aspect of our lives.
If we do not choose early on to make a master of true truth, as our days march away we cannot cope with the loss, the change, and the questions we must finally wrestle with, prepared or not.
What's true is not new, and what's new is not true.
Do not let your epitaph be "Mene Mene Tekel Uparsin".
posted by PipeRain at 10:43 PM
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