Be Right IV

Your faithfulness remains from one generation to another; you established the earth, and it abides.

 - From Psalm 119

I've had an ethic, from the day of my birth, that derives from being a member of a very small community, in a very small Christian denomination. Our emphasis was on pursuing, and being changed by, Truth. 

The idea was that real Truth would make you uncomfortable. It would not be the same knowledge held by the mainstream of people. It would be different, elevating. And there would be fewer people around you, the closer you got to Truth. 

It's got nothing to do with "the right side of history," because the majority, and the most powerful, decide what that is. It's not something to be found from deep meditation in solitude, because as finite beings no one of us has all the answers. Though numbers may be few, still you would need others to help you navigate the snares along the path to Truth.

Truth is not popular. It does not bring you instant health, wealth, fame, or length of life. 

But it might give you quality of life . . . and it might guide you to eternal life. 

Truth does not change from one person to the next, or from one generation to the next. It remains unchanged through the ages. That's what makes it Truth. People need a bedrock, a standard, a bullseye. And Truth gives them that. Truth is the attainable to which we all must strive. 

My lifelong quest for truth assumes that I am mostly wrong. You must be humble if you seek Truth. 

And so, the paradox is: If you want to be right, you must admit you're wrong. About everything and anything.

Because it's a safe bet you're wrong about most things, and so am I. And so, if it makes you uncomfortable. If it requires you to change, or to be humble, rejoice!!

For . . . you are most likely being steered in the right direction.