Truth is Truth Hurts; STANDING IN YOUR TRUTH ”

Truth is Truth Hurts; STANDING IN YOUR TRUTH ”. ‘All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing’--- (Burke)Is it the responsibility of intellectuals, only ? Amidst promises and pledges, we lost another year .The Truth is, the Truth Hurts. Most People Don’t want to listen.‘Can telling the truth be wrong if it hurts someone.fiaz fazili -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Truth. -An unholy despair has embraced over traditionally God fearing community of Kashmiri’s. Truth seekers /tellers are becoming an extinct breed as we don't hear a lot about truth these days because sadly our society has decided that truth is relative. Meaning, your truth is true for you and my truth is true for me, even if the two conflict. Why People are not Ready To Hear/Speak The Truth? Often I sought answer of this during my conversation with friends and family –etc. Alas! the most common reaction. is;”Does The Truth Always Win ?” This 'whatever works is right' attitude has even crept into our daily lives.These are, no doubt, " perilous" times as standing in 'your truth' can sometimes be very difficult for if you seem to be standing alone on any moral issue. From politicians to business partners, secretaries to salesclerks, friends to family relations, everyone seems to play loose with the truth. As a consumer or a commuter we frequently complain of electricity irregularities or traffic jams or dog bitings but on issues of power theft or illegal encroachments or reckless driving, or throwing garbage on roads we adopt silence .Of course, for politicians the flip side of telling the truth is hearing the truth. How can you make the right decision if you can't get truth? Everyone knows that telling lies can get you into trouble. But what if you got away with it? Chances are, if you did get away with it, you tried it again and if it continued to work for you, lying became a useful tool in life. The thing is, sooner or later that kind of antisocial behavior catches up with you. Should people stop Telling The Truth as it is no more a workable “currency?” It appears that certain people believe in the maxim – “A lie told often enough becomes the truth.”The vital questions that legitimately arise are: Has the battle between good and bad been again lost? Do not misread it. It does not say hear about the truth to know the real truth behind the scenes Can I Stop telling lies all the time? Can we remain silent at the insidious adventures of some unscrupulous elements who are trying to discourage/discredit the spirited men and women? The barrier most people face in speaking the truth is that they don't want to do it in a way that hurts other people.. There are some apprehensions that are uppermost in the minds of a large number of people, who stand for truth. We are excellent at wearing masks in our society. Pretending I am not. Sometimes I get depressed when I see people – myself included – just “going along to get along” with people and situation. Instead of voicing our honest concerns and constructive criticisms we mince words and prefer to beat around the bush. Ignoring that there is a real peace and serenity that comes from this raw honesty with you we have the whole ideal of ‘keeping up with the Jones’ still kicking around. To learn that we disagree on some very important issues can be hard sometimes because we want to appear successful and pleasing (flattering) to other people especially to our superiors, business or passion friends, or to the audience.Perhaps we fear that if we speak out about how we really feel , the boss or community will not agree, maybe we will not get the promotion (benefits) we were promised, maybe we might put ourselves in unfavorable position of,”undesired.” I think by hiding truth, we do not serve ourselves or the others by not being truthful. We think we can make it work, but all that negativity has to go somewhere – doesn’t it? It builds up and we take it out on our homes ; our work place and ultimately creeps into our society. And this vicious circle continues .Instead of providing honest feedback we prefer to- stick with the devil we know (that is paying the bills), vs. the devil we don’t know.– Is it really worth it? How do you go ahead? "O you who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witness to Allah, even though it be against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, be he rich or poor, Allah is a Better Protector to both(than you).So, follow not the lusts (of your heart) lest you avoid justice; & if you distort your witness or refuse to give, verily , Allah is Ever Well Acquainted with what you do" (Al Qura'an) 4:135.Unfortunately, instead of preaching to change attitude we preach to be popular. Too often, we focus on methods instead of missions,prayer instead of programme.In this world, almost without exception, we must work together as teams. Are we all really that open minded these days, or do we just say we are to. Promising are Things We Hope For, Things We Hope In-The things we hope for are often future events. If only we could look through the horizon of morality and accountability what awaits us beyond this life,we can be truthful with compassion by realizing that we all come from the same source, our hurts are others’ hurts, and their hurts are ours. When we allow ourselves to be microscopically honest with our truths,I love the truth... your truth... my truth.... but I always try to hear it..,fair enough, why can't we tell the truth without making a ,“turn round ”attitude. ------------------