Truth HQ by Tom Wallace - HTML preview

T R U T H H Q

question. But no, there’s not! There are silos – shifting narratives from various perspectives – all trying to hone in on a good and useful truth. But we’ll not make it. If only we could sit back and laugh at our folly! If only we could relax and enjoy each other’s stories! If only we saw truth as a conversation and a moveable feast! This is the real ‘truth’, if you like – not a Truth HQ but a ‘truth bus’ where conversations control the steering. It could be a fun journey, if we relax a bit and let the bus go where it will. I say this because, despite all this stuff about maps and narratives and essence, people don’t live by their truth that much anyway! So why worry too much whether you agree with them or not! Just let it slide on by, like the scenery from the bus window. Set the brain to ‘reptile’ and bask in the sunshine!

If only we could all just get along!! Ha ha ha! Yeah, of course, the truth bus ain’t so jolly! People are continually making a grab for the steering wheel, and so the bus careens about, desperately trying to stay on the road, or indeed just stay upright! Yup, some folk just won’t take no for an answer and insist they must be right – they must control the steering. But, hey, there are others who just jump off the bus! There are ‘truths’ that are just so ‘out there’ that they cannot even be considered as routes the bus might take.

What can I tell you? Well, just these two things. Trying to first live by our own truth – that’s a good first move. And second, just to offer your truth cautiously, respectfully, carefully, and in straight-forward and sensible ways. The truth bus is likely to be on a rough ride for some time to come, but there’s at least the hope of smoothing the journey just a little.

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