Counterproductive truths

We all carry many truths. Some of them are more realistic than others. Most are more hypocrites than the mind that produces them. The more truths we collect, the more we risk slipping on them. After I had fiercely argued that I must give my extra money to those who have no food, I had to return to the same place the next day, hours after I had failed to resist a promotion of a perfume. I didn’t only lose my face. When I found it, it was taken to pieces and it was impossible to assemble the puzzle. The pieces don't fit anymore and they left open spaces, like a scar.

Likewise, those who have experienced the pain of getting hit in the forehead by a ball after having given up the game know that a criticism hurts even more when it returns home. Maybe that's why everything we criticize in others sooner or later ends up knocking at our door.

Ironically, even the authorship of the sentence "I know I know nothing," commonly attributed to the Greek philosopher Socrates, isn’t accurate.

We often level our values with what we like to call universal truths. But what is universally accepted today may not be tomorrow, and two people with two opposite truths can both be right.

"Learn from the mistakes of others. You cannot live long enough to make them all yourself." This Eleanor Roosevelt’ sentence should be used like sugar: in moderation. We should be quick to realize that a mistake in the life of other person can be a victory on our journey, as we are showing our uniqueness to the world.

If there are so many contradictory books, opinions, ideologies and even truths, follow one of them will be deny the other ones? Pick up a guide and apply it to our lives is easier and safer than trying to hear the truth that springs from our deep being in each situation - even when that voice keeps us up all night and bothers our peace.

Most people prefer to smother it with ‘pills’ of peace, taking refuge in the desires of their parents or in what is socially encouraged, instead of starting out a lonely journey. Even here, speaking of cowardice or phobia of responsibilities would be a mere fun of ego. Behind each decision, there is a child who had already crossed a desert alone, but who never stop desiring love and harmony.

However, one day you will stop and see that this child has no luster look anymore. There will be no aesthetic solution to solve the problem. Better if you restore your soul and learn how to listen your own truth in each situation. Yes, you may have to walk alone more often, but the pathways will seem more admirable and the trips more delightful than they used to be.

Follow your compass, like the football fan who follows the TV reporter in each step to always appear in the foreground on TV, and find out what really means the expression “arrive home”.