Of all the things we do !!

Life is a tight-rope. The balancing act is up to you. You stumble and you bend awkwardly, but all you really have to do is use the balancing rod, the supports in your life, and you keep walking. But people slip; and people fall. And as they fall off through the various levels of sanity, they wonder if there is a ladder somewhere which can get them back on the rope. Consider yourselves lucky if you do. For many slip so far down, they simply do not know where to go, whom to ask for help and whether second chances will ever be in their fate again.
Humans are intelligent creatures, we can rationalize, we can learn and we can adapt. We have the power to think, a gift so often misused. The concept of freewill is for the betterment of the self and of others around you. Yet do we not abuse, delude and destroy what we otherwise cherish so much? One wrong statement, one misled thought, one act of stupidity hurts your loved ones, which in turn hurts you so much more. And all that is left - is regret and the 'what ifs'. What if I had thought before speaking? What if I had been more sensible? What if I had slept early? What if I had not had those drinks and indulged myself in acts of mental disbalance, which never could cause any good to anyone? What if none of this would have happened, was there a beautiful part of life awaiting me?
Life can only go on then. You pick yourself up, dust yourself off and hope the stains would go with time. If you're a favorite son of fortune, you'll get another chance. At those times, a simple apology, a simple act of selflessness or simply admitting the truth can help you recover what you have lost. Inexperience at certain aspects in life will make a fool out of you, and maybe you've fallen so far below that the hand that held you straight lets go forever. At the point where you think there is no return, you learn and move on...for the things you've left behind, you can only hope they will return and forgive you.

Mes expériences avec la vérité

Truth: has a whole new meaning. Ever since philosophers and politicians gave too much importance to 'everyone having their own view', humans have lost the common basis on which validity of people's words could be judged. No more is truth brutal. Brutal though, is the effect this new version has on the interactions between two people who neither share the same beliefs nor would perform the same actions under similar circumstances. Have you never felt it was alright to plagiarize just because everyone else did so? If everyone states the same opinion, does it become the truth? Are laws a form of truth then? If you say a lie a hundred times, you can observe how your mind actually starts believing in it.
Misunderstanding is a much simpler concept. It is an instance of ineffective communication. The current phenomenon though, is somewhat more sinister. We have amongst us, a tool, by which we can harm one another, by simply refusing to acknowledge facts. All we have to do is create another version of the truth, one based on different viewpoints and understanding. This is not a new phenomenon, it has been happening for years in closed rooms between men and women, an observable consequence of which is a divorce where it is impossible to point out the guilty after having heard both sides of the story.
I am not trying to preach; I sincerely believe we're entering a stage where chaos shall be abetted by these different versions of truth floating amongst us. In such circumstances, only those with strong and just beliefs - people who know themselves better, who have introspected on who they are and what they want, shall stand unshattered at the end of it all, as they will be the ones who will take decisions, after listening to others but doing what they stand for. For weaker mortals, this is not good news....