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The Truth You Want to Hear
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story
Mark Twain
I was having a conversation with a girl I met, and she asked me: “I’ve heard you play in a band!” To which I replied: “No I don’t”, and proceed to explain why she might have gotten mixed up. She stopped me right in my tracks and said: “Hold on there. Could you just say yes, instead of ruining my mental picture?”
I was taken aback by that response, but after a while I understood. She was right. She wasn’t asking for information, she was asking for confirmation.
She didn’t give a shit about my life, she just wanted to meet a guy that plays in a band, but I was selfishly talking too much and spoiling everything. That’s what I do best.
That got me thinking. We humans, need stories and heroes. Both, are nothing but a fraction of reality embellished with a lot of fantasy.
It’s not what you know, It’s what you don’t know that stimulates your imagination.
Have you ever wonder why we fall in love with people we hardly know? We are all suckers for mystery. The less we know about somebody the more fantasies we can project onto them. They are our empty canvass.
