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The sun is bright and shining today. This is a truth. A pleasant breeze is blowing, that is another truth. The person walking in the sunshine feels hot. That is also the truth. The person standing in the shade enjoys the slight warmth of the sun as the breeze is affecting him more. Also truth.

Such is the reality of our incomplete truths. Such is the wisdom of our deficient perceptions. Such is the nature of our differences often.

Until the one standing in the shade walks in the sunlight and until the one in the light is provided with shade. Neither will comprehend the others reality.
Since this isn't always possible in normal life, human beings are granted the power of faith and belief. To believe in the possibility of a difference .
To believe in  the possibility of a parallel yet alternate reality.
The capacity and stamina to tolerate 'islah'.
The possibility that 'you' and 'i' might not agree on each other's version but maybe if we look at it together, maybe just maybe we can see the bigger picture.

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