The Truth Potato is a character created (main to put forth the bitter truths of life and truths of wisdom, one truth at a time.
What's more amusing than a cute Potato breaking your shield of denial and giving you few words of wisdom eh?
Here are some of the wisdom that the Truth Potato gracefully potates into our lives.
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I think this is more of a good truth -- we need to be thankful for what we've got.
So true. An attitude of gratitude has got me through many tough days.
Load More Replies...Living on minimum wage in the western world means you live better than the most powerful king not that long ago. Plumbing, refrigerators, access to 40,000 food products (often 24hrs a day) near you, dentistry, anaesthesia/modern medicine, a/c, washing machines, transit, heating not done by burning anything, electric lights, awareness of hygene and germs, access to information etc etc etc etc.
When I was at my lowest, my minister had a sermon and gave us "Gratitude Journals". Every day, for a month, I listed 10 things I was grateful for. It was mostly small stuff... my kitty's purr...a smile from a stranger... the scent of homemade soup that smelled like my momma's hug. All those little things added up to an attitude of gratitude.... and saved my life.
And the reason for that is, in part, the same reason we dream of living like others: because we can usually only see the good parts of other people's lives, and assume they're perfect, or that their problems are as bad as ours.
So very profound, Little Potato. How many sit around bemoaning their lives without realizing just how lucky they are!
I'm sorry about your cancer, and wish you all the best. I'm guessing there probably are people who'd take serious illness and possible reduced life expectancy over their current circumstances though. For example, a pre-pubescent girl being used as a sex slave and kept in a dungeon. Some of our wildest nightmares are the reality of others
Load More Replies...lol this reality of "everyone is special" meaning that technically noone is didnt hit me till university
I never liked this logic x} everyone's unique, but that's literally the only thing we have in common.
We're all you unique but that also means we all have at least one thing in common
I feel bad for anyone uglier than I am. I'm pretty low on the attractiveness meter
sometimes they'll do anything just to destroy it...*why am i so negative*
Just do it for YOU! What happens next is a bow on your being present.
Yeah, but they also make you push yourself to better things. This is going to be cheesy, but when you expect, you actually try. Sure, you may not suffer if you don't expect anything, but you won't get anywhere. Expectations may hurt when you don't make them, but you'll remember that when you try again. Expectations push you forward, even if pain is involved. It's worth it.
Yeah this one is in the Bible. The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures Proverbs 13:12 Expectation postponed makes the heart sick,But a desire realized is a tree of life.
Knew that already! I can't go in places in my ROOM because of fear of spiders and clowns, I must close my wardrobe every night must have light on at night, can barely go up slightly high up spaces, can't go anywhere remotely near throwup, can't go near anyone who feels sick , can't go anywhere near throwup sounds or smells.
Yup, pretty much. The irrational generalised kind and it's a bugger to get rid of.
Well my life sucks... and my brother has shown me too much FNAF (Five Nights At Freddy's) and I'm pretty scared of that... :/
I sometimes wish I had more friends. I only have one, my husband. It is so sad I don't know how to make friends. It is so difficult for me as I am not much of a speaker and more of an introvert and it is hard to find someone who will be like me or be able to tolerate me. I only have colleagues, neighbors that I talk to from time to time. But no one I can call a friend. This makes me feel lonely at times, not all the times as I enjoy to be alone most of the time. But there are days when I wish to have a girlfriend that I can talk to, and share girl staff with. The last time I had friends was 10 years ago, I was not too shy as a kid, was a little bit much not too much. Things changed when I went to high school, the introvert in me came out, I don't know why.
I didn't think I would either, I was shy, nerdy, awkward, and picked on. 20 years later and I would love to be back in high school, it was a simpler, easier time.
Load More Replies...I MISS EVERY DAY IN MY OLD HOUSE I LIVED THERE MY WHOLE LIFE *cries myself to sleep*
Maybe... but not THIS day. This day was a total mess. Didn't hear the alarm clock. Rushed to church. 5 minutes late. Walked in & everyone applauded. I'm the music minister and they stalled service until I got there so I could lead the opening hymn. Awkward! SO embarrassed!
You won't miss high school as you're experiencing it now, you'll miss the lost opportunity you could have had to enjoy it by being friends with better people, getting involved in what the school offers, and learning the basics that will come up again in real life allowing you to participate in conversations. I hated high school but i didn't do anything to try to make it better. A regret.
So enjoy it, don't be sad that you'll miss it. This potato is trying too hard to be depressing. It's not working.
I thought it it's all about what it's on the inside your heart (*wink* ) but most importantly what's on the out, especially what's on the out.
Yeah.. those two things don't contradict each other. What exactly is your point here?
Load More Replies...So implement them.... most of these are more inspiring than sad.
Everybody says that, but it's not true. Though of course if you just complain all the time about how much you suck, that's probably gonna drive people away.
Truth potato tells lies. Hardly anyone truly has self love but pretty much everyone has someone who loves them at some point. Truth Potato is supposed to be against cliche/ false advice. A real truth potato would tell you that you can be loved without loving yourself.
It's more like if you don't love yourself, you won't know how to love others
that is most definitely a true statement. you have to put yourself first.
The others have a lot of truth to them. This one doesn't. If everyone has their own ideas of what success is, then happily ever after obviously exists.
It doesn't. Because bad things and bad moods happen all the time, even if you're successful. You just can't be happy all the time. Maybe success for you is forming a family. That doesn't mean you won't be pissed at them or at yourself at times and won't even occasionally wish you weren't married or didn't have a kid. Maybe you have your dream job... but there will be days when you'll hate it for one reason or another. And your definition of happiness and success will change during life.
Load More Replies...It's not sad. Someone who doesn't have talent but is hard working deserves success, at least slightly.
Load More Replies...I refuse to believe that this is true for every friendship. Probably for most though...
You would not be friends or lovers or anything with anyone if it didn't do something for you. Even doing charity work is inherently selfish because it releases a neurotransmitter called oxytocin which makes you feel good. When you really are getting nothing out of a friendship, you have a nagging feeling cuz your body is missing the oxytocin.
Load More Replies...So? There's self interest but you do care about the other person...
Well duh, humans come together out of the desire for companionship, not arbitrary necessity! Healthy satisfaction of both partners is a primary part of all successful relationships and I'm afraid anything else is just toxic.
True ! I am a friend because I want a friend... It`s a good deal too, because I have many friends, but I still only am one friend :)
it's the god honest truth. every where i look someone always has to run their damn mouth
But you WILL be the Go-To guy when the spaceships come & the government needs somebody to speak Klingon.
Why am I not surprised that one of the most relevant truths to the readers of this site is sitting at the bottom of the list.
The important word you are missing here is, 'Bitter'. These are 20+ Bitter Truths about life.
But people might be thinking about you in order to think about themselves. Judging, comparing. To see if they fit, to make themselves feel better, or (sometimes) worse.
That's not true. I think of other people, so does everyone else.
I actually also see it as actually putting oneself down... I mean, if you think that because you can do it, it must mean everybody can, then you definitely don't think of yourself as any better than anyone else in anything.
Everything you do, say, wear, think, sing, like.... will displease someone. Some people seem to be on the perpetual lookout for something to hate....
love is multiplication, not addition. half a person plus half a person does not equal a whole person.
"You have to be your own hero" Nothing wrong with that.
Load More Replies...You don't have time... you have moments. Try to make every one of them meaningful.
You are not important to everyone, but you are important to someone.
Bullcrap, Potato- you are just having a bad day- smile- carpe diem!!!
Everyone is important but it doesn't mean that you and your opinion are more important than the others. It's healthy to respect yourself and to want to be respected as a person... yet no one deserves the respect he/she doesn't give to the others.
Everyone is important; each interaction we have ripples through the world. Every act of kindness makes someone a little happier, and more likely to be kind to the next person they interact with. Every act of indifference or cruelty makes the recipient sad or angry, which they spread to the next person. A simple smile and "hello" could save a life, and that makes us all mean something.
Right and if everyone is important than in reality no one is. Which is the most valuable penny in the fountain? Coins of little value tossed away wondering which of them matters more when together they are worth something. Individual importance is a myth.
Load More Replies...This isn't even a truth, that's just trying to be depressing. Most people aren't important in the grand scheme of the world, btu most are important to someone. Some will even change a the world.
But the potato is right. None of us matter if we don't choose to make a difference.
I think this is true you are simply a member in a society that people only care about if they have met you or given birth you or a related to you or you have done something kind do.
"Nothing matters, humans are insignificant" Only in the grand scheme, but on a personal level, everything matters, and everyone is significant, to themselves and the people around them.
i think i need a little potato plush to hug and cry with now.
Truth Potato has some good ones, but generally paints an image of a very hurt person, bitter and neglected. I feel sorry for you Potato, hope life turns around for you.
i think i need a little potato plush to hug and cry with now.
Truth Potato has some good ones, but generally paints an image of a very hurt person, bitter and neglected. I feel sorry for you Potato, hope life turns around for you.
