The Truth

A couple were sitting on a bench inside a beautiful public garden. They were engaged to marry in the coming months and looking forward to building the footing of their project. The girl asked her future partner:

“Until now I can’t understand you, I can’t uncover your real identity, you seem enigmatic, Who are you?”

“I wish I knew the answer, but I don’t, ” he answered with a smile on his face.

“Are you crazy? Mocking at me?” she said in surprise.

“Not at all. Completely sane and aware of what I have said,” he commented in a calm voice.

“Stop your nonsense, please!”

She kept looking at him while he was looking straight as if he were oblivious of the conversation.

“I am on a self-discovery journey, and maybe I won’t reach an answer. Can you tell me who are you?”

“ Sure. I am a 26 year old woman who works as an accountant, has never gotten married, ambitious and serious. It is easy, isn’t it?”

“ You didn’t present yourself, you shared your age which is a biological fact, your job which is an activity you do to earn a living but never defines your identity, marital status which is a choice and you gave two good assets that you should be proud of if they are true.”

“If they are true! I know myself well. “

“ You think you do, but the truth can be different.”

“Why do you always want to complicate things?”

“ I don’t. I just make you face things and see them differently.”

“Why should I do that?”

“To be yourself!”

“Am I not?”

“Maybe you aren’t. You are a mere mortal who has never tried to find the mission one was created for.”

“I do understand what you mean, I am not stupid. But don’t you think you are talking about utopia, something that will never happen.”

“ I am talking about the truth you should look for.”

“Have you found yours?”

“No, I haven’t. I am trying and I have already set off on the journey of self-discovery. But I know one truth!”

“Which one?”

“ I love you! It seemed to be a utopia but it turned into a truth.”