It's All A Lie

Life is the most beautiful lie we tell ourselves.

Because whatever we say, we start to believe. Whatever we believe becomes our truth. And what is true is reality, at least from our perspective.

Perspective is everything.

There are three sides to every story: your side, my side, and the truth.

But that too is a lie because the truth is just someone else's perspective. One of my favorite stories is that of the farmer:

A farmer has many horses that give him status and wealth. When other villagers go on about how good it is to have these horses, his answer is: "Good or bad, who's to say?"

One day the horses breach his fence, break free, and run away. The villagers are quick to point out how terrible and awful that is. What a bad predicament! The man again answers: "Good or bad, who's to say?"

The man's son goes out and starts looking for the horses that have escaped. A few weeks later he returns with the horses along with a few wild horses who had joined the herd. The villagers tell the man how wonderful it is that he now has his horses back along with a few more! Again, he replies: "Good or bad, who's to say?"

A few days later, in an attempt to tame and train the wild horses, the man's son is thrown off and breaks his leg. When the villagers hear about the injury they feel so sorry for the man and his son. How terrible! Once again, the man replies: "Good or bad, who's to say?"

The son must rest and recover and let his leg heal. During his recovery, the army marches into town looking to recruit all able-bodied young men to fight in the war. Because of his injury, the son is unable to join the fight. That is very good luck the villagers say. And again, the man replies: "Good or bad, who's to say?"

The average person has over 60,000 thoughts a day, 90% of them are repetitive - throughout the day and from previous days. We are what we think about all day long. That is our perspective and that is our reality.

Every single line in this post is something I've read or thought about before - most of them not even original thoughts.

We are nothing more than a program, acting on the words we hear, the thoughts we think, and the emotions we feel - very often without even realizing we are doing so. There is no truth to it all, it's whatever we choose to believe.

So why not choose something a little bit better?

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