Dealing with the Truth

I had a thought the other day and it went a little bit like this: you can't change the truth but the truth can change you. We are all familiar with the noble search for truth and the idea that one should be totally objective in searching for it. But such objectivity is probably an impossible ideal that we mere mortals can never realize. Too much is at a stake: our reputations, our sense of place in the world, our sense of place in the world to come. Finding truth may mean having to say we're sorry. Now is that really such a bad thing? Isn't the search as well as the discovery of truth worth the pain, the discomfort, the embarrassment? We have to be willing to shed the baggage and face the light. No use trying to hide in the bushes; especially in the windy part of the day.