Analysis
by
Willie Perry
 
 
 

We begin to analyze
immediately, as new situations
or subjects attract our focus.
 

We gather information
and recall past experiences
in order to assist with our analysis.
 

The opinions and judgments
we form are intended
to accurately match
the situations or subjects
we encounter.
 

But, suppose the information
we acquire, or the opinions and
judgments we form
are inaccurate, or
incomplete?
 

Our analysis will undoubtedly
end in distortion.
We would have an
inaccurate assessment of the
situation or subject
of focus.
 

A distorted viewpoint,
which most likely
will be communicated to others,
will become the basis
for future viewpoints
concerning the situation
or subject.
 

Those viewpoints as well will be
distorted due to the foundation
on which they
are based.
 

If viewpoints are based
on untruthful information,
and we announce them as truth,
we do the listener an injustice.
 

Hopefully, realization of the distortion
will prompt immediate
clarification.
 

Further, more thorough analysis
of the information received,
and further interrogation
of the situation or subject
of focus, will lead to
clarification.
 

The goal is to obtain a
truthful and accurate analysis
of the situation or subject of focus.
 

Correcting the original
distortion would also require
correcting all that the distortion
has infected.
 

Such an undertaking could
prove to be quite humiliating,
and even frustrating.
 

It would be far less embarrassing
to continue to espouse the original
distorted belief, rather than
to correct the distortion.
 

It is necessary then,
to avoid forming any viewpoints
or judgments about a situation
or subject until all information is
complete and proven.
 

It is also necessary
to interrogate all available sources
thoroughly, and to never
assume to have all the facts.
 

Be sure and have all the facts.
 

Open communications
and sharp analytical skills
will always lead to the truth.