The Truth...

... is cruel. Or at least that's been my stance on the subject for 24 years of my life. The Truth is always more tragic and painful than the reality you believed and hoped for. That's the cynic's perspective.

I came across this quote from Chris Crocker (yes that Chris Crocker) and it left me with a few things to think about:

"The truth doesn't hurt, people, the truth feels really really good. If you'd listened to the truth all along, whenever something happens you can say, "oh, i knew that!" But when you know something and you keep pushing it back and you deny it, deny it, deny it, eventually when it comes out you're gonna kick yourself because you were ignoring the truth. As long as you listen to the truth the whole time, it's on your side. Ok? So that saying 'the truth hurts,' that's not true. Truth heals. The truth, it's on your side, and if the truth hurts you it doesn't mean to. The truth is your friend. So don't say that the truth hurts, the truth loves you."

I want to write up my thoughts on this in the future when I've adequately composed them. It'll be something along the lines of an essay on why people are so negative and the power of positive thinking, etc. I just need to understand and master those skills myself before I preach to anyone else.

See you later.

-Ik