Two Truths and a Lie – by the Baloonatic
I attended a Bible Study a few weeks ago where the topic was Truth. As part of the introduction, they had us play that icebreaker I have played many times in the past – Two Truths and a Lie. It’s played in many ways, sometimes people write the two truths and a lie on a sheet of paper and people not only have to guess which is the lie, but to which person it applies; and sometimes, as this time, it was just writing them down and reading them out. One of the ladies in our group didn’t realize until after listing hers that she had given us three truths, because she couldn’t think of a lie.
I’ve discovered that I’ve lived an adventurous life compared to the average person. I always felt that if life gave you an opportunity you should seize the day and go for it – jump in the deep end and figure out how to swim. So whenever I have had a chance to try something, whether it is an exotic food item ranging from camel to mutton bird or Haggis, to an opportunity to live in another country or learn a new skill, I’ve almost always gone for it. So my stock answers for this game are, “I’ve gone bungee-jumping; I’ve jumped from a plane; I’ve performed as a fire-eater.”
As we were going through everyone’s responses, trying to figure out what was the lie, and then completing the Bible study, it got me to thinking about how this game was reflected in society today. Oftentimes we hear something or read it or watch it on the news, and what we are absorbing are often truths, but truths embedded with lies, and no real way to discern what is the truth and what is the lie. That came up again when Tucker Carlson released his first tweet in a few weeks where he promoted his new show that will be available on Twitter. He talked about the media and how what we are told is often part of the truth, but not always the whole truth (https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1656037032538390530). There are many types of lies. From personal experience, I have found that lies of omission can be as devastating as lies of commission – neglecting to tell someone the important bits they need to know to make a balanced decision. What we have now from the media and from our political leaders are both. They leave out the important bits, and then outright lie about others – “My family didn’t get money from foreign companies;” “The border is secure;” “Men can get pregnant.”
So where do we go from here? Who can we believe? Who can we trust? America is a high trust society, but there is an element that is working on breaking that trust down, leaving us questioning everything and everyone; pulling us apart instead of joining us together; tearing things down instead of building them up; isolating people so that they are easier to pick off, one by one. Is there an answer? The best answer that I have found is to band with those who are asking the same questions, who are working together to discover the truth. And, as a Christian, to remember that there is only One who is the Truth. If the path that you are on doesn’t lead to that Truth, then it’s time to turn around and find another and to work on creating, on building, on discovering the positives and lending a helping hand to the person next to you, the person behind you. To be the block that stops the person in front of you from sliding down.
We need to channel our childhood, grasp wrists with the person on either side of us and form a strong line for the modern day version of Red Rover, ready not just to stop our opponents from separating us and breaking us down, but also to catch them and add them to our number. We also need to be prepared to tell the truth and admit to our own lies. I had to stop eating fire because it gave me horrible heart burn. 😉 And the worst part about bungee-jumping was that you were falling, falling, falling – and then, all of a sudden, you were falling again. And bouncing there wondering, how the heck do they get you down? Someday, maybe next year, I will join the Leap Year club once again and jump out of that plane.
According To Hoyt 
“I’ve gone bungee-jumping; I’ve jumped from a plane; I’ve performed as a fire-eater.”
OK, which is the lie? [Crazy Grin]
It’s in the last paragraph – jumping out of a plane.
She said again…I think she was the lady who couldn’t think of a lie. 😉
Nah, just meant doing a big jump on leap year. Haven’t jumped yet, will do a tandem jump someday so if I die, it’s while strapped to some cute hunk.
I read that as more of a previous missed opportunity, but you could be right.
Flyby c4c. (Had to tuck my wings away for Liberty Con, it’ll be nice to get the chance to stretch them some!)
Whoosh
It was awesome to meet you!
The fact that the media has turned their backs on the American people, freedom, and the truth. The same freedom, and truth they scream so loudly for their Chosen Minority of the moment. For that minority is only of the moment. One need only see how they are treating Muslims now to see the truth of that. Or their reactions to the gays who say wait a minute on those transgenders. What they don’t know is it is no longer the sixties and no one believes them anymore. And it is growing to the point, no one will believe ever again.
The closer the American public gets to that point, the better off we’ll be.
C4c
I’ve been willing to try many local foods over the years. Deep fried bamboo worms are tasty. I’ve enjoyed meals with Pacific Islanders where good manners required I never ask what’s in the pot. Boiled caribou dipped in seal oil is quite good.
I’ve a slight regret I politely refused stink knuckles, walrus flippers stored in a cold hole under that house until a pretty blue mold grows thereon. My Inuit hosts were, I’m happy to say, quite willing to make allowances for my lack of appreciation of that culinary delight.
Gee. someone thought I was being adventurous with salmon, venison, elk, and bison, burgers. Full disclosure, I grew up with 3 of the 4 (if we, meaning dad, didn’t hunt/fish it, we didn’t have meat). Thus really not that adventurous when it comes to different culinary, um, delights.
Technically the person that told 3 truths did lie.
“Trust but verify.” – Ronald Reagan
I’ve been a drug dealer. I’ve visited Columbia. I’ve made a bomb.
I didn’t mean to make a bomb. It was supposed to be a rocket. 😛
Hey, NASA had the same problem!
The only real difference between a rocket and a bomb is how fast the propellant burns. If it all burns at once — BOOM!!
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“No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There’s always a boom tomorrow.”
“The only real difference between a rocket and a bomb is how fast the propellant burns. ”
Not even that. The difference is whether the burning has a controlled outlet. It’s the difference between a boiler and a boiler explosion.
I’ve been a private pilot. I’ve gone rappelling in Kentucky. I’m an incredibly handsome young man. Oh, wait. That’s too easy. And two lies in one statement.
I’ve jumped from many planes!
Of course, they were parked on the ramp at the time . . .
Take it a step further, like me. I’ve jumped from airplanes without using a parachute!
That IS better!
Two truths and a lie is always fun. I like to pick the most outrageous truths and the mildest lies.
I grow mushrooms, I have been a competition dancer, I’m a terrible liar.
I was a Boy Scout, I (unknowingly) dated a guy who killed his parents, I’ve gone helicopter skiing.
“If the path that you are on doesn’t lead to that Truth, then it’s time to turn around and find another and to work on creating, on building, on discovering the positives and lending a helping hand to the person next to you, the person behind you. To be the block that stops the person in front of you from sliding down.”
Excellent advice – combines the Good Samaritan and the Golden Rule, and probably a few others.
All Truth fits together.
And that’s no lie.
Thank you.
Whenever someone brings up Two Truths and a Lie, I always think of this: