A chain is made up of many links, it’s what makes it strong, and adding more to it is what makes it long. A kink in a chain interrupts that process, weakens it, makes it unpredictable, and sometimes makes us throw that chain away or at minimum cut the bad part out.
Information flows the same way. Information is either passed as a whole link with truth or room for truth, or it’s passed as fractured or manufactured truth with a spin to control the narrative. When we bind our communications with others to weak information, the relationship gets weak and unreliable just like a kinked chain.
So if given the choice, we can cut out the kink or do our due diligence in being a link at all. We can have personal responsibility before we add to a bad chain. It may mean digging for truth before we weld our link and it may mean refusing to align at all.
Loyalty to truth and the duty to trust but verify our part in any chain before we’re a part of it is what keeps chains strong, reliable, and integrous.
Deeper Than a Puddle 