PART ONE — TRUTH OR KINDNESS?
Should You Choose Truth Over Kindness?
Should you protect someone from the truth if it would leave them heartbroken?
SPOILER ALERT — This blog contains a spoiler alert and triggers of child sex abuse.
Note From Ari
I often speak on the importance of telling the truth, but this documentary left me with many questions. It took me over a week to publish this blog because there was so much to ponder. I wanted to write this blog because it leads to a much needed conversation regarding morality, truth, and deceit.
Tell Me Who I Am
About a week ago, I watched a documentary on Netflix titled “Tell Me Who I Am.” It was about an 18-year old identical twin (Alex) who was in an accident. The incident landed him in a coma. When he awakened, he had amnesia. He only remembered his identical twin, Marcus.
He didn’t know or recognize his parents, friends, home, or anything. He was solely dependent on the word of his twin. So Marcus began to teach Alex how to dress, cook, clean, turn on and off the television, etc. He told him about family holidays, and school trips and finally introduced him to his friends (and girlfriend). There is so much to dissect in this…
