The second most compelling question after “Am I my brother’s keeper?” is “What is truth?”
When we fail to do the hard work of renewing our behavior and changing our mindsets, we exchange the pursuit of the truth for the lie of preserving the status quo.
Science cannot tell us what truth is. Only what the facts of the matter are.
Art cannot tell us what truth is. Only create representations of the shadows of truth.
Philosophy cannot tell us what truth is. Only make claims about the pursuit of the truth.
Marketing cannot tell us what truth is. Only package the search for it and communicate the process of getting there.
Religion cannot tell us what truth is. Only provide us with a set of rules, regulations and structures to pursue the truth, if we choose.
Governments cannot tell us what truth is. Only render consequences when violations of truth become so onerous that they cannot be ignored and call such consequences justice.
People cannot tell us what truth is. Only tell the stories of their pursuits—and successes and failures.
So: What is truth?
If renewing your mind to get to the answer to this cornerstone question of existence were easy, then everyone would do it.
And conflicts—mismatches in frames, perspectives, and behaviors—would disappear just as quickly.
Do the hard work first of pursuing the answer, and the Truth will find you.
