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A clear picture
DIR By: Inu
Date: January 3, 2013, 8:36 pm
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Hear all sides and you will be enlightened. Hear one side, and
you will be in the dark.
People have a tendency to spin the fact in a way that is
beneficial for themselves. Even if someone is trying to be
completely honest, many their recollection of a specific
incident can be skewed by many things such as fear, anger,
adrenalin, point of view, beliefs, etc. Therefore, it is best to
hear all sides of a story before you decide what is true.
Think of it this way, a silver dollar is one single coin, but if
you have two different people describe that silver dollar to
you, you may get two different descriptions, depending on which
side of the coin the person is looking at when they describe it.
Although the silver dollar is one thing, it has two completely
different sides and you have to understand both sides to
completely understand what a silver dollar looks like. Don't act
rashly without sufficient information! Bohdi Sanders
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Re: A clear picture
DIR By: Inu
Date: January 4, 2013, 10:25 am
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I think it is also important for us to realize that we will
NEVER see all the sides of any picture. They will always be
things that we cannot know, see, or understand. I think it is
important that we always remain open to more details, more
ideas, more truths and facts.
I recently heard a story about a man who ALWAYS believes the
first thing he hears. Whoever comes to him first and tells him
thier side becomes truth in his world. This shortsightedness has
caused him to lose so much in his life that he has no clue he
has even lost. When we choose to close our eyes to new
information we choose loss, truth, and blindness.
I may think I have all the facts, but I know there is more left
to be known.
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