Truth?

What is truth?

 

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The word truth has a variety of meanings, from honesty, good faith, and sincerity in general, to agreement with fact or reality in particular.[1] The term has no single definition about which a majority of professional philosophers and scholars agree, and various theories of truth continue to be debated. There are differing claims on such questions as what constitutes truth; what things are truthbearers capable of being true or false; how to define and identify truth; the roles that revealed and acquired knowledge play; and whether truth is subjective, relative, objective, or absolute.

You know, it's hard to believe that there can be so many interpretations of this one word. You wonder, if in fact, when you ask someone for the truth, that based on definition that you won't get what you are asking for, but yet what that person interprets to be truth in their eyes.

There are always at least 3 sides to every story. The 1^st person's version, the 2^nd person's version, and then there's the actual facts. What's unbelieveable is that there is never the "actual facts" unless it is some how caught on tape. So when you are a mother caring for your children, when situations like this come up, how do you be fair in determining "your own" version of the truth? There are parts that your heart wants to believe, then, there are parts that your head wants to believe because of logic and very often, those two are not the same things.

The hardest part of this whole fact finding mission is that it can cause heartache, both needed and not. For instance, you believe the word of God and the Bible based on what is in the book and what your heart tells you, what your church has told you and what your family and friends have told you. You call it faith and a leap of faith to believe. There's nothing tangible and yet you whole heartedly believe and love it and know in your heart that it's the truth – with or without evidence.

Something happens at your friend at work that causes panic and reaction amongst peers (be it layoffs or a firing) and you're stuck in the middle having to choose between being loyal to that friend or keeping your job? Knowing that you will never get the full truth of what happened, do you take that leap of faith with friendship or believe other things that influence your logic? Your heart wants to believe one thing and the logical brain kicks in and makes you 2^nd and 3^rd guess yourself. Heartache ensues because by this time, some way, somehow, there's going to be hurt feelings. You either hurt their feelings by sticking with work – something that in this day and age is hard to come by. You shun them, don't talk to them or if you do, it has an awkwardness towards it that you don't want to continue on with. Or the other option, hold your head high and still continue to be friends with that person and help recommend them for another job to get them started somewhere else. Usually after the layoffs, it has been said that sometimes it is the exact move that needed to happen for that person to take the next step into their life. Impact and all.

I know that it was always said that being an adult sucked and that there are decisions in your life that you will have to make, whether you like them or not, agree with them or not, but for the better good of those that you care for, you know what is the right choice. I only hope that the light I am looking for to show me the right way in my decisions comes quickly. If this one drags out, there is only pain and division to find afterwards.