The Confused Truth
The truth can be confusing.
Because although we like to see the truth as something concrete and objective, the truth of truth is that in many cases it is subjective. What you may feel is your truth, I may not feel is my truth.
Why is this? I believe it comes from the variety in our cultures, upbringings and experiences. How we see the truth, politically, economically, socially, may differ immensely from our neighbors. Our opinions and biases come into play – coloring our spectacles.
Certainly there are universal truths that most of us embrace – like that of murder being bad (not including terrorist organizations or the criminally insane, which is a whole different discussion) – but in general, there are those basic beliefs/truths that we understand to be held by most human beings walking the planet. We tend to equate truth with being rock-solid, unbending, unwavering. It makes us feel better to think this way.
I’ve been watching a number of videos this week, in which experts discuss their research and conclusions on various topics about understanding the science of thriving. As the positive psychology movement has been highlighting lately, science can indeed measure and explain our humanness (if you will)…and our unending desires for happiness, love and fulfillment.