The Truth!

What is the truth?
It is the way you see it.
But it is not the way you see it.
It is the way the person next or opposite to you sees it.
But then again it is not the way they see it.

The truth is that something is or isn't. Something is a fact. True.
How we see it, is entirely dependent of the fact how our lives have taught us to see things. How we see things doesn't change the truth, but how we react to it, changes the world.

The truth is that there are people out there. The truth is that there are days when you might stroll among them. You see how people are dressed, how they look, how they act. But what you do not know is who they are, why they look like they do and why they are acting like they are.

It may be that the person running towards you is trying to make it to the buss. Or stole something and is running away. It may be that the mother with the baby is tired and sleepy because she hasn't slept. Or because she's an addict. It may be that the old man is waiting for someone on the street corner. Or he's begging for money.

Again. You see how they are dressed, how they look, how they act. You make an assumption. You quickly decide who they are, what they want from you and how you should react. You may even hear someone say something that strengthen your beliefs. Or you may see other peoples reactions that furthermore convince you, that you now know the absolute truth. Because all these other people think alike.

So you really need to know the truth. You want to put this thing into a simple box. Put a label on it. Categorize things and determine who that person really is. And once that person is in the box you wanted to put him in, you will never take him out. Now you know how to react and you will do so because that person is in that particular box. The box you made.

Again. You don't know the truth. You only know your thoughts about that person based on the things you see, hear and feel. You see certain kind of clothes. You assume things. You see facial expressions. You think you know things. You see the overall appearance and reflect that with the things that have happened to you, how you thought things happened, how your life and genes determine the way you look at things and you see the reactions of other people. Now you think you know the TRUTH. That one is good, that one is bad.

But is it the truth? The whole truth? _{And nothing but the truth?}

Most probably not. No matter how objective you look at things, you are always a prisoner of your own thoughts and life experience. And until you know more, until you have gathered information from several reliable sources, you still do not know the absolute truth. But you are closer to it.

So if you make quick presumptions, the truth is, you might be right but you also might be wrong.

Image: CC BY-SA gallery.insaneworks.fi

What did I use?
Well, the truth, of course and a little bit of drawing and a little bit of Photoshop.

Photo: CC BY-SA gallery.insaneworks.fi

And two flower photos similar to these.

Photo: CC BY-SA gallery.insaneworks.fi

Photo: CC BY-SA gallery.insaneworks.fi

The truth is out there.