The truth has as many faces as there are beings that express it. So everyone is right, though in limited ways. Wisdom lies in spotting the limitation while being grateful for the insight. --Brian Goodwin 🔗

That line has been kicking around in my mind for twenty years. It's helped me be more charitable to people. Everyone becomes a teacher.

But just because someone's a teacher doesn't mean you accept everything they teach. "Spotting the limitation while being grateful for the insight" is work that you must do, and only you can do.

But facts!

Sometimes insight comes not from the content of what someone is saying, but the fact that they're choosing to say it. Beliefs have meaningful effects regardless of their truth. And we express our truth more through actions than words.

You can ask yourself: what does it mean to me that they believe this? And, how is it true for them? Seek the limitation and the insight.

Balance

Finding a healthy balance between clarity and gratitude is a critical part of the practice. Notice how going to one extreme or the other feels.

So you might start off by toggling back and forth. With practice, you can blend them in your own unique, exciting way.

Did you do it? Congratulations! You've created yet another limited truth. Offer it up to the world and see what limitations and insights others observe in it. It's the circle of life...