“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself
and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the
truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for
others. And having no respect he ceases to love.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it
will be believed.
Anon (not Hitler
as often claimed)
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit
and truth
The truth will set you free
Jesus
The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!
Gloria Steinem
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It’s the lies, people
It is the lies
They come at us like driven rain
pelting us until heads down
we scurry for cover
and huddle in apathy
or stand helpless and cynical in resignation
or, perhaps
seek to resist
there are so many
the election was stolen
immigrants are overrunning our country
the liberals are communists
the conservatives are fascists
food costs have risen 60%, 70%
they are coming for your guns
they fill our minds like confetti
until soon we are confused
and overwhelmed
and can no longer distinguish the truth
around us
an no longer find the truth within us
and then we are lost
we trust no one, not even ourselves
we stop believing in anything
or we start believing everything
and we lose respect
for scientists, and scholars
teachers and leaders
everyone
even ourselves
but the great loss is love
we cannot open our hearts to the world
to those around us
we cannot love our enemies
or do acts of kindness to “the other”
when we can trust nothing
when we can trust no one
All we are left with is fear
and with fear comes anger
and with anger violence
personified
in a shooter blasting his (or her) way through a mall
or a school
in a politician obscuring, twisting, manipulating
we need truth
so let us start with one truth
God is love
And with another truth
All creation is an expression of that love
And with yet another
All human creatures are sacred children
Endowed with inalienable worth
there are such things as facts
the end does not justify the means
hate never, ultimately, wins
climate change is real
guns kill
and then there is this truth
If we love all that is Sacred
We learn to love ourselves
And can even love others
The truth is out there
we can see it, from time to time
in the eyes of a child
in the flight of a bird
in the sweet caress of the wind
when we seek it
insist upon it
embrace it
our souls are open
and we can worship
and we can love
the truth will indeed, set us free
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