Truth Archives - Garland McWatters

Our belief system is the truth we decide to live by. It is likely that when we decide to change our mind about an important matter, we must simultaneously modify a fundamental belief or value by which we identify ourself.

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As Mark Twain observed, “It’s easier to to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”

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This is the way lies go. The innocent suffer for the ego of the liar and the lies he tells for his self-interest. It’s an eternal problem as long as there are those who want to believe the lie.

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The scoffer ridicules, belittles, and bullies his adversaries, trash-talking their ideals and values out of his own arrogance and pride.

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If something or someone makes a claim about itself, we must believe it to be as it claims so we can act with confidence regarding it.

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With reliable information it’s easy to tell whether the truth is being accurately presented. Those not aligned with the truth are off course.

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The rank and file follow the lead set by the leaders to whom they are either loyal or afraid of, or both.

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The first truth to accept is that admitting we can do better is not admitting that we are less than or that we are a personal failure as a human being.

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Factual truth that can be proved by evidence does not depend on whether one chooses to believe it. While belief, no matter how sincere, is entirely within the will of an individual to accept it.

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Courage is intentional. Knowing to do the right thing and acting righteously, understanding the personal consequences, but taking the action to make things better in the face of risk.

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