One day in english class, I was reading about multiple interpretations. The lesson used an argument as an example, presenting two sides of one story. It said that if two siblings are fighting, a parent could interpret the two sides of the story and see the argument from a whole different perspective. As an outsider to the argument, the parent would see that maybe both sides have valid points. And would see that neither sibling is right or wrong. Just different.
When I read this it caught my interest and I wanted to take it a step further. There is one situation that occurs. And because every person involved has their own way of interpreting a situation that is unique to everyone else, we now have multiple interpretations of that situation.
One situation, multiple interpretations. So what changes? The situation or the person’s interpretation of the situation. The person’s interpretation, right.
What controls the interpretation of said situation? Your mind. The meaning you create in your mind. You decide how to interpret every situation in your life, consciously or unconsciously. Nothing in life has any meaning except the meaning you give it. If we all have a unique way of viewing and interpreting things how can we possibly say that one person is right and another is wrong. We would just be judging that by what right and wrong means for us. But that is different for everyone. So what is right and what is wrong? It’s all in our head. Just concepts in our minds but we become so attached to them that we think everything should go “right” and nothing can go “wrong” but what if your wrong is someone else’s right. Who’s right in that situation. It’s too easy for us to assume that everything we know is right and that everyone else should act within what we believe to be right. Now, I’m not saying that hurting others is something we should do simply because we think it’s “right”, I am simply talking about conversations we have with others and about our different beliefs.
What we must always remember is that everyone thinks that what they are doing and saying is “right” even though to you it may seem “wrong”. Everyone is always doing their best based on what they know and what they believe. Knowledge is power in the sense that you can only do what you know. We can only act within what we know.
I am sharing this concept because I believe that every human being on this planet deserves to receive love and compassion because we all have value and something to share. We all deserve to express ourselves. And to listen to people with an open mind, hearing what they have to say.
What gets in the way of that sometimes is creating a separation because of our beliefs of what is right and wrong. And what multiple interpretations has taught me is that there is no right and wrong. There is only what we know and what we don’t know. But the beauty of it all is that we get to choose what we believe, if you read this and it resonates within you then you can test it out for yourself, but if you read this and completely disagree then you can simply move on with your day.
Hopefully with this you find freedom instead of trying to be right all the time. And maybe it opens you up to hear other people’s perspectives on things, see that in the end we are all trying our best at navigating life. Live life with an open mind, that’s how we learn, and the more we learn, the more we can do.
Until next time friend,
Camila Tracanelli
