The truth reflection method
Truth has a funny way of throwing people off. It hurts, it is often politically incorrect and most importantly of all, it reflects back from another person in their ways of looking at the world. It is the principle with which I test others. I don’t plot, I don’t scheme and on top of that, I don’t lie. I believe in my truth, but even more crucial to that, I believe in the good intention behind it all. Once I accepted that fact, I am also able to live with the consequence of “My truths”.
Granted that this truth is constructed out of my own reality, but in the absence of an absolute truth, it is the only thing I have to test against the world. That is, your world. In the process of finding my own style, I discovered that the reaction from you to the revelation of truth by me gives me a good idea of who you are compared to me. The content of your reply doesn’t really matter much because during the time you are responding, I am merely observing your body language and the way you behave.
You can be uncomfortable, pissed off, offended, cracking up, defensive, superior, judgmental, evasive or you could be like me, firing back another truth and observe my reactions. Either way, the most important thing for me during a conversation, is to find out what you really stand for, whether or not you’ll agree to go with my idea and not to talk about who I am (That is the job of this blog and friends.).
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