"There's always two sides to every story"
Even when you are listening to your friend and she is telling you about her boyfriend who has cheated on her; even when you are listening to your 4-year-old nephew and he is telling you about a classmate who snatched away his chocolates; even when you are talking to your brother and he is telling you about this girl in his office who has gone crazy for him; even when you are convinced that there is this one person who is the root of all your problems, even then there's another side to the story.
A guy cheating on his girlfriend is wrong; a kid taking away another kid's chocolate is wrong. But, there's a reason for it. Sometimes it's just too difficult to do the right thing.
I would have been quick to judge that guy who cheated on his girlfriend, that kid who snatched chocolates from his classmate, that girl who has gone crazy for a guy and that person who I think is the root of all my problems, but now I wonder what happened to cause them to act that way. They may just be selfish, but maybe not.
When my friend said "it was all his fault" I wondered what the other person's story is? I am not saying that two sides to every story concept explains and justifies everything!
*In the end it comes down to belief: which one did you want to believe, which one suited you best? Or, perhaps more to the point: which one told the story you were already telling yourself?
(*Michael Pantini, The telling room: a tale of love, betrayal and world's greatest piece of cheese)
P.S- I'm not talking about things like murder or child-abuse or stealing or lying to protect oneself.
