Mind Sprocket: The Back Page : “Truth is not a solid”

That thought hit me yesterday, and I don’t know why. I was just walking, enjoying the gorgeous Georgian weather, and paying attention to little. And it flashed into my head: “Truth is not a solid.”

Interesting.

We say that there are pillars of truth, principles of truth, constants of truth. And (excuse the wording) that’s true. But that’s not all there is to it. Unfortunately, some of us (like me) spend more time philosophizing and considering truth than actually living and doing the very truths we’re pursuing.

Humans get enamored with their own ideas. We often end up pursuing ideas and thoughts and philosophy, in search of that pillar of truth, more than what’s right in front of us: real life. And while there are pillars of truth, principles of truth, constants of truth, they’re all worthless until they meet one condition.

They have to be played out in real life. Implemented. Carried out. Lived. And there’s nothing solid (or stable) about that. Living, in the fullest sense of the word, is dangerous, dynamic, and vigorous. Life is not just about ideas themselves, but about making ideas happen.

An idea is nothing until it happens.

You want ideas, creativity, and freedom. If you’re a creative, then that’s your skill, your life’s work. But making it all happen, the being productive part, that’s where wrenches find cogs (or mud finds wheels…something).

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