The Subjective Truth

I think there are times in life where its best to just say "i just can't understand." Things get hard- pressure pushes on us and as a result the person that really are... is exposed. Sometimes, its encouraging and we realize that we have integrity and character- mercy and patience- love and grace. And other times, the dirt that we are is shown in all brightness and clarity for the world to see.

I remember being a kid in Sunday school and our youth leader saying 'truth is NOT subjective.' He went on to say that truth is absolute- unchanging- it just is. For me, that concept was simple enough to understand at that time in my life. However, today... truth is subjective.

This subjective truth that I know is full of circumstances. The black and the white are mixed into different shades of gray. We can come up with a list of reasons why we are right in the position we stand- a list of reasons that justify actions, words, and lack of action. We can also script out a list of why others are wrong- why we have a right to be where we are in our subjective truth. In all of this confusion, stands a community- a family- a couple----- an individual. The individual has to then decide on the version of truth that they can best live with and accept... and then, we move forward- or backwards- but at least there is movement and not a sedentary motionless shell existing in the presence.