I lie to reach my objective. This may be in the interest of myself, or others.
I lie to protect. I lie about my actions, my behaviour, and my past. I lie about others, I lie to myself.
I fail to recognise my lies and call them something else. I search for lies in others.
One lie leads to another.
The less I lie, the more in truth I gain.
I live on an island where the weather's voice is my constant companion:
The uncertainty of sky, the moving cloud, the changing wave of air, of sea.
On this morning, rain falls. Drops patter with the song of birds before they sink into the suckling earth.
Rain, like the artist, is defined by its falling.
Despite its scarcity I seek trust every day.
Trust requires the wish to be close, if only for a moment.
I trust when my hope in someone's honesty crosses the line of my shield of doubt and safety. I trust when understood, or in the hope I may be. I trust when I have not gathered enough to know for sure.
In trust I find my better self, but trust is far from easy to find, and far from easy to build.
William Shakespeare
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Think This Today is the creation of Mike de Sousa, an artist, writer, and composer.