The Real Truth

“What is truth?” -Pontius Pilate

“Men formulate perishable dogmas, and call them Truth. Truth cannot be formulated; it is ineffable, and ever beyond the reach of intellect. It can only be experienced by practice; it can only be manifested as a stainless heart and a perfect life.

Who, then, in the midst of the ceaseless pandemonium of schools and creeds and parties, has the Truth? He who lives it. He who practices it. He who, having risen above that pandemonium by overcoming himself, no longer engages in it, but sits apart, quiet, subdued, calm, and self-possessed, freed from all strife, all bias, all condemnation, and bestows upon all the glad and unselfish love of the divinity within him.” -James Allen, From Poverty To Power

We’re all unreliable narrators.

We can try to tell the exact truth of the events of our lives, but no matter what, our storytelling will be a simulacrum. Because every event is filtered through our own experience, values, and beliefs. But even more so, through the meaning we ascribe to these events. We can’t help it. We’re meaning-making machines.

So if that’s the case, let’s start telling a better story.

An empowering story.
An energizing story.
An “I-can’t-wait-to-get-out-of-bed-and-tell-this” story.

Then, go live out this story.

Because we only get one go at this.

That’s the real truth.