Dreams meeting bumps in roads.
Friends Unfriended.
Friends Reunited.
Some dreams lost. Some dreams found.
Therein lies The Rub.
It seems impossible, at times, to discern truth from fiction. Fact from gossip.
If beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, so, it seems, does The Truth.
Truth is a multi-faceted little gem, don't ya think?
When an attorney takes on a case and argues the truth for the verdict of his choice, he may sometimes have to face the fact that the judge or jury does not embrace his truth. They reach an alternate decision. They find a different truth, or believe the other side of it.
Perhaps, in the end, the truth does not even exist. Perhaps, in fact, the truth is nothing more than perception.
Many, many individuals will perpetuate their version of a truth via words, images, gossip and such. Social media feeds this frenzy. It seems to me that, in this world we live in, silence is the equivalent of guilt. Gone is the gracious time when loose lips sunk ships. Today, he whom posts most double entendre memes and gets longest list of "friends" to add comments WINS. Right?
Therein Lies The Rub. What a shallow victory this is. What a false definition of friendship. Of winning. Sitting around and gossiping with many about one you say is a gossip seems childish, at best. At the least, it is gossiping.
Truth is, social media continues a frenzy of falsities. It allows adults to embrace childish notions. It brings common sense to its knees. It makes decent individuals turn to unrecognizable beings.
The Clique does not define the truth. They define their own boundaries of the truth they embrace. The individual who stands through the storm, embracing their own truth and holding their head above the storm... I ask you to pause and reconsider that person. Silence is not defeat. It is not agreement or acceptance. Silence is embracing their need to understand their own truth.
Maybe, before you put up that nasty meme touting and spewing your side of a situation, you might pause. Perhaps. Unfortunately, people will continue to use Facebook and Twitter and Instagram to force their opinions and beliefs on others. Unfortunately, people will see these social media posts and believe that This Is True.
Me, not so much. And... therein lies the rub.
