Friday, September 30, 2011

Truth is Objective... In a Way

While I find it accurate that the truth could never be told so as to be understood and not be believed,  this entails several problems. The speaker must be able to express the idea of the truth so that it is possible to be understood, and the listener must be able to understand it. Thus even if one can divine a truth, it may never be possible to communicate it to another person. And unfortunately the reciprocals and negations are not true, that which can be believed is not always truth and just because you don't believe something does not make it false. Too many people believe things just because they sound like truth or believe things to be false because they don't understand, and far too many people are good at making lies sound like truth and confounding truths to sound like lies.

“Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.” - William Blake.
"Everything possible to be believed is an image of the truth." - Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

You are Laughable

To truly have a sense of humor you have to be able to laugh at yourself. If you can't laugh at yourself then others are laughing at you, if you can laugh at yourself then you can laugh with them. Taking yourself too seriously is a good way to suck all the happiness out of life and grow old.

"You grow up the day you have your first real laugh, at yourself." - Ethel Barrymore
"If you can't laugh at yourself, life's gonna seem a whole lot longer than you like."
"You laugh. I'm not saying I don't cry, but in between I laugh and I realize how silly it is to take anything too seriously." - Zach Braff, Garden State

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

There are no Magic Beans, Pills, Diets, or Schemes

Nothing will magically improve your gas mileage, make you thinner, improve your sex life, give you perfect health, or make you instantly rich. And if it does, then there is probably a side effect like an angry giant chasing you who wants to grind your bones to make his bread.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Dreams Can Predict the Future

Dreaming something is in no way precognitive... On the other hand, if you are thoughtful, careful, and diligent it is possible to turn your dreams into your future. Dreaming can become reality if we but try.