Knowing That You Might Not Like the Answer
By megamatt
@megamatt (14291)
United States
May 22, 2012 7:42am CST
There are some questions that will be asked of people, that the answer might not be something to our liking, because it uncovers a betrayal or a wrong. But in the end, we have to know. We might not want to know but we have to be sure. Anyone can ask an easy question, but its asking the hard questions that are the problem. But we have to know. Call it a morbid curiosity, but to be at peace, there are times where we have to ask questions where we fear the answers to.
6 responses
@Chikazz12 (35)
• Philippines
23 May 12
Knowing the truth is always been the best answer. I had an experience before that I opt not to know the truth and it became my biggest mistake today. I know it's scary asking those difficult questions but it's also scary living without knowing. Once the truth is out, it will be easier for you to know your next actions. :)
@megamatt (14291)
• United States
23 May 12
Sometimes there are just many times where the thing that is the best for us, is going to be the scariest things. There are really just really going to be many times where we just tend to shy away from the hard answers. Yet there are really going to be many times, where we are going to just have to let the truth set us really free, just let it move us right into a good place.
When all of the chips are down, as much as the truth seems harsh, it is just something that can leave us right at peace. And really that is just what it is all about. There are times where we need to move forward and move on. We'll need to know what we are dealing with and act in an according manner. It won't be really be as bad, as the anticipation is often worse than the action.
@obe212003 (2299)
• Philippines
23 May 12
The truth will set us free, to erase doubts, to resolve issues, to determine and establish facts, etc. Although the concern for sometimes not wanting to hear the answers to your questions for fear of creating intricate issues on your part, it is likely that it would be the best answers that would surely clear things up.
@megamatt (14291)
• United States
23 May 12
The truth is really something that will really set the record straight for sure, even there are going to be a lot of times, where people will rally not to hear about it. But really there are just going to be a lot of times where it is really just going to be something that we need to hear. No matter how often that we don't really want to hear about it.
In the end, one way or another, we can really just begin with the process of getting over ourselves and really right on on with our lives. That is just something that we really just need to respect in the end. The truth might stink, but it is going to set free a lot of things. Where we can really move on and really move froward with a lot of our life.
@GemmaR (8517)
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22 May 12
I think that it is always worse not having the answer to a question than it is to live in fear of an answer. At least when something is definite, there is the chance that you are able to move on with your life rather than always having to wonder whether something is likely to happen or not. I have friends who are in a difficult situation at the moment because one of them is unwell and is waiting to hear whether her treatment has worked. She is now saying that even if it hasn't worked, she would much prefer to be able to get an answer either way, as then she would be able to prepare for it.
@megamatt (14291)
• United States
22 May 12
Very true, very true indeed. At least when we learn the answer to some question, that we might not be fond of, it is going to be over and done with. In the end, there are just times where at least we don't have this cloud of doubt. Where we might be thinking that something bad has happened but not sure, not really sure, but it could be or it could not be.
Still in the end, when an answer is given, we will be at peace and we can really just move forward and perhaps most importantly move on with what our life is given. I think that there are times where we ponder if we are better off not knowing but the uncertainty will eat away at us anyway. Those who are in the dark will not be able to see the path to move forward after all.
@meapas (2436)
• India
22 May 12
Hi,
Hypothetical to say the least.
Every time we demand of someone to say the truth and nothing but the truth, the fact remains that truth is the last thing we really want to know, for we already know the truth. What we are really looking for is the CONFIRMATION of the truth (i.e as if there is such a thing ) as we know it.
We want to tell the person through our eyes, words, action that he/she cannot pull wool over our eyes any longer, but at the same time we do not want to in so many words, so the question.
We have already predetermined our next line of action, but want to keep our prey in suspended animation as he had us, not so long ago. The game goes on.
God bless.
@megamatt (14291)
• United States
22 May 12
The truth can really be something that is up for a lot of debate, but the truth, it is most raw form, can be rather sadistic. Why go around and tell malicious lies about people half of the time, when you can tell them the truth. A truth that might not be as easy to swallow as a bucket of lies that many people will tend to give time and time again.
In the end, we fear what will come out of the answer. But yet, the question lingers and some will fire it off. Yet the truth can really cause the deepest, and most deadly, most disgusting, most vile wounds a person could imagine. You never know what you want to hear. Yet we'll never be completely at peace until we muster the will to pull the trigger.
@nikki3 (172)
• United States
22 May 12
I use to always be on yahoo answers and there where many people that would give the wrong answer or like you said I would ask something and fear of what the answers to the questions my be. If I do not like an answer to a question it is ok becasue to each his own about ones opinion.
@megamatt (14291)
• United States
22 May 12
Indeed, there are going to be times where questions are going to be asked and even when the answer is not going to be what we expect, we will get something from it regardless. That is really the main thing about asking questions, any question. Some people tend to tap dance around the harsh truth, while many others are brutally honest with their answers.
And some answers are beyond what we really could have expected at any individual time of our lives. It is just best to sit back and just roll with the answers to those questions. In the end, we are going to really get something out of anything. If the answer is not to our liking, at least someone was brave enough to give some kind of answer. You can kind of respect that.