03 Feb The truth of different perspectives
It’s a truth not acknowledged enough; and it’s an important truth deserving of more attention (much more attention).
What truth?
The truth that there are always different ways of looking at things.
By this I don’t mean there are multiple truths, or that facts aren’t facts. But rather, that more often than not we can and do interpret situations (including our own experiences and those of the world more generally) in differing ways. What some see as fair, others see as injustice; what some see as reasonable, others see as justified.
This post isn’t about convincing you of one truth or other but instead, to prompt you to consider a related truth; the truth that some interpretations are more helpful than others. Some ways of thinking and some ways of seeing the world will allow you to enjoy more peace of mind and happiness than others.
Because ultimately, our happiness is largely determined by the way we choose to see the world, by the truths we choose to believe.
Another interesting truth is that most of us live our lives unaware of our truths; many of us don’t even know what we believe (at least not clearly). As a result, we mindlessly live our lives with our happiness determined by factors that we blindly ignore (or deny).
Which brings me to the final truth I wanted to acknowledge today; and that is, we can create space for more happiness by being more aware of our truths and by questioning them; by asking ourselves whether our truths are serving us (or not).
And if are truths are not serving us, if they’re not contributing to as much happiness and wellbeing as we’d like, then it’s a truth to note that we can seek out other truths, other more realistic and helpful truths, with which we can live better lives.