Truth

I had an interesting conversation with a good friend today about truth.

It's really interesting to watch how much energy people end up having to put into questions, analyzing, frustration, resentment...things that come up when trying to deal with someone who just isn't willing to be direct. And it's senseless even moreso when you consider how much energy it usually takes the other person to be nondirect....I think that a sharp emotional slap in the face is much easier to deal with (even if it hurts more at one given moment) than a series of misleading and opaque statements or situations, especially when it seems like two people may be looking (or worse, hoping for) different outcomes.

I think it tends to put people who tend to be either really analytic or really compassionate in some difficult situations. If you can think of easily 4 or 5 good reasons for someone's behavior, and some of the reasons are pretty divergent, it's hard to know whether it's better to keep approaching an ambivalent person/situation, or if the right thing to do is to step away from that person. The practial thing is to just let go and step away, but I think it's probably hard to actually do that, especially when there are real emotions involved. All the same...sometimes directness has to be self-imposed for one's own sake if it's not going to be offered by the real actor.

In all, I'm kind of preaching to the choir here. I'm thankful that there aren't that many people in my life that really put me through those sort of interactions.