Victory or Truth?
I read something this week that I have been thinking about a lot.
"The mind seeks victory not the truth."
How often does the mind scramble like a defense lawyer to argue the point of view that justifies our actions or pardons our misdeeds?
Can the mind be trusted to tell the truth?
3 comments:
Hmmm...very instawing!
As I've gotten older, I've tried harder to avoid doing this. It is sometimes very liberating to simply say, "Yes, I did it, and it was wrong. I'm sorry."
It's helped relationships both at work and at home. But as both a human and a lawyer (the two are not necessarily mutally exclusive), it is very difficult.
You are right. It is liberating to own a mistake and then move forward.
For several years now, I have been reframing situations with the words, "The truth is..." and then I tell myself the truth even when the truth is:
YOU MESSED UP.
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