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Mirror 66 · The World

Truth

Truth is not what you want to believe. It is what remains after you have stripped away your preferences, your biases, and your need to be right. And it is almost always harder to accept — and more liberating — than the comfortable lie.

The document examination laboratory of Scotland Yard was a room of microscopes, ultraviolet lights, and chemical analyzers. The forensic experts who worked there could determine whether a signature was genuine, whether a document had been altered, whether a piece of paper had been produced before or...

Reflection question

What would change in your life if you truly believed this?

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