Truth is an elusive quantity. We humans can’t even wrap our brains around reality, let alone the truth. We bring to every reality a history of our own: we bring our own point of view.

Each witness will have a different account of reality because of his/her own history. We bring all that is our story to every bit of reality. So, I may see the exact same thing that you do, but what I am seeing may be totally different from you. There is no objectivity. We all view life through our own subjective lens.

Think a documentary is reality? Where was the camera positioned? Was it placed low and angled up? What does that tell you about the person in the frame? Do you feel hostile toward that person? That’s what the filmmaker wants you to feel. How about if the camera is above the person? Your perspective will probably be different, and that’s what the filmmaker is hoping.

This is why eye witnesses are unreliable. Two people stand on a corner and witness the same action, but their accounts of what they have seen can be at odds. Reality is there all right, we just can’t perceive it.

Because reality is out of our grasp we have a construct called, “truth.” We overlay it on our perception of reality. My truth mightn’t be your truth; because my reality mightn’t be your reality.

This is why I cannot abide anyone who is cocksure. Life is about doubt. Without doubt, we’d never question. Without questioning, we never learn.