Showing posts with label truth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label truth. Show all posts

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Putting It All Together


So, once again, here I am working late and once again, the ideas flow. I think that what I'm learning to do is really just be who I am in the moment and allow what's in me to come together and not force it.

Today, after a nice talk with one of the members on our team, I realized that the beauty of doing something great is actually the work involved in putting it together.  I was reminded of great painters like Leonardo Da Vinci, Monet, Manet, Picasso, etc. and how they put together paintings.  I'm sure that they were full of ideas and allowed those ideas to flourish to the point and place where they put them together to create the masterpieces that they are considered today. 

Putting it all together takes not only ideas, but the diligence to see those ideas in your head come to life.  At some point, we cannot simply continue to let things be as they were and are, but we must give them space outside of our minds to flourish and allow others to experience.  It's a mandate. It's our purpose. And above all, it's what truly keeps us alive.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Get Firm

Last night, as I was watching a video in my class, I was thinking about how each person, myself included, qualifies and measures the truth. As I thought about it, I realized that it's pretty bad to actually measure truth when it either IS or it ISN'T.

I mean, let's be real: Can we really say that someone is telling or giving you MORE or LESS truth than someone else? If so, then truth sounds like it's a thermometer (goes up and down with the temperature) rather than a thermostat (sets the temperature).  When I thought about that, that scared me.

We rely on truth to be the benchmark for what we base all of our knowledge, understanding, emotions, wisdom - you name it, we do it.  Truth is THE FINAL destination, not the process or journey to the destination.  It's unmovable, unshakable, and provides the stability that causes theories to become laws.

It is a truth that if you jump off a building, gravity will pull you down. Imagine if there was a more or less truth to that? Wow, people and things would either be as light as balloons or heavy as rocks.

Truth is where you ultimately want to end up. When we get to that destination, you'll see that the journey was well worth it.