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Re: Which principles apply (3)

Author: coyote
Date: 11-22-07 15:36

I have never fully trusted words. This may seem an odd thing to say for someone who resorts to them a good deal. Words convey meanings. But they can also deceive. They can reveal and distort equally. Words with veneer of reason are particular slippery. Words have a way of keeping our focus narrow to the point that we suffer from a significant loss of peripheral vision. We see details, but we lose the picture. We see a hurt but not the good times. The missed opportunities but not the time together spent. Even words told truthfully to the best of one's ability may end up to mislead, because, simply, words are inadequate, and an over-reliance on them invariably disappoint. A familiar court room tactic: to discredit the testimony of a witness by homing in on a fact or two where he or she might not have been completely truthful. It seems counter-productive to keep reverting the light to the occasional though significant deficit. What good are insights if we are not freed by them. What good are experience if it does not allow us to live with futility. A bigger picture maybe useful in gauging both truth and love.

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