Which is more important
Truth or kindness
which is of more value
which can bring more benefit
which can build a future
which respects the past
Truth and Kindness
represented as virtues
if they are virtue is divided against itself
a painful reality
the urge to rectify it, comfort it, change it
is a creative process, imaginative, not based on fact
overshoot it and do more harm with delusion and lies
underestimate it and be cynical, static and cold
The truth is a powerful and dangerous medicine
Our shared reality alone allows us to connect
yet given too much or too soon, there may be misunderstanding or withdrawal
and there is even more distance than there was before
do we share lies to comfort us from the chasms that exist between the most honest version of ourselves and everything else?
or are we one being separated temporarily by different perspectives born of our physical body?
will we overcome these artificial barriers by telling the truth?
or can we maintain community only by opposing and oppressing individuals' truths?
these are philosophical questions.
their answers reveal philosophical standpoints.
they are not moral questions and their answers do not reveal moral standpoints.
the reply which attempts to be accurate so that it may benefit its listener with its understanding is both honest and kind