The truth

"The truth, like a cork in water, will always rise to the top"
My dear friend and former Chairman, Gio Cantarella, used to drum this in to everyone that cared to listen and indeed he is right. In the fullness of time the truth will prevail.
This applies to us all, in our private lives, our family lives and our commercial and professional lives.
No one escapes it.
Of course, the truth is not always what we would want others to believe it to be, but the truth is the truth and is inescapable.
About two yeas ago I was entertained on a number of occasions by a dear old retired General, the former Vice President of the country I was in at the time. He seemed like any one's wonderful grandfather or elderly uncle. His wife is grandmotherly and always insisted on serving cakes and snacks and some wonderful varieties of tea, the most notable of which was a Ginger tea that made one's hair stand on end.
People came and went and as befitting his status he was bowed to and all sorts of more junior people including ministers of the country in which we were would literally bow at his feet and touch his hand to their foreheads as a sign of respect as part of the local culture.
Now the truth is that this man was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people. Literally hundreds. Not soldiers in combat as one may think, but hundreds (at least) of innocent people fighting and struggling for their freedom.
A truth.
A gentle old grandfather.
Really? A gentle grandfather with blood dripping silently and invisibly from his hands...
Were his actions justifiable? To him and other yes. To the remaining family members of those who died, no.
How will Nelson Mandela be remembered? What will his "truth" be?
Of course we know the obvious answer to that. However, no one should forget the entire history of the man...
And ultimately, the truth like a cork in water will rise to the top.

Boring Blogs

My own blog has begun to bore me!!! Not all of it, but it has become repetitive recently for which I apologise to the few of you who read it occasionally. Time for my own original thoughts here... watch this space.