TRUTH - A REALIZATION

" Believe those who seek the truth
doubt those who find it "

I don't remember who said these these lines but I do remember reading them in a national daily because they sparked some unusual feelings within me. It triggered an unusual yet a complicated debate between my unconscious mind and rational self. Though I doubt I remember the exact contents of this intrinsic conversation, I will try to reframe it here.
"Truth" held a special significance for me and a quest to seek it even greater. It wasn't just the "knowledge" of everything but rather "understanding" of things that I more closely associated with this quest. Science, as I believed, was my vehicle to reach this destination. Science was the most fascinating and promising tool ever at my disposal. There was a time when I firmly believed that science will one day strip naked all secrets of life and universe - the "understanding" I desperately seeked.
The realization that science is not truth but rather a distortion of truth was heartbreaking. The "Betrayal of Science" was the most disheartening thing that has ever happened to me . In some ways it was analogous to losing love of my life.
Soon philosophy became my new fascination. But just like any other "rebound love" I was only looking for "qualities" that science lacked. The result, as one may expect, was another disappointment.
The much awaited enlightenment finally came during my attempts to converge the properties of science and philosophy. I was not the first one to attempt it but when I understood its significance, years of dust cleared in an instant.
The fallacy of my assumption that science can provide an equation for truth was as bad as my premature heart break. The distortion that science provides, is in many ways good than bad. Although this distortion allows to view only a part of the whole picture, it induces practicality. Moreover, the distortion is not a means of inducing errors but rather a method of prioritization. Accepting a particular model is not from perspective of - right or wrong, true or false, good or bad - but rather the goal that it achieves.
It is this single, most powerful realization that has helped me transgress from a scientist and philosopher to - AN ENGINEER.