Truth is determined by what you believe. What you really, really believe, not what you pretend to believe. Truth is the real deal. And you may not even recognize it at first...but it's there.
What is truth?
Every person's truth is different. This is a lesson that can take years to learn, if we ever learn it at all. We get stuck convinced that our truth is the absolute truth, and suddenly you have a country divided over every issue imaginable, you have people losing their jobs due to misunderstandings, you have fights and wars and genocide and holocaust. Truth is a dangerous thing, and we play with it like fire.
My truth is what should matter to me. You can have your truth, do what you like with it, but truth leads to conviction and what is the point of a life without conviction? Without passion for your truth, excitement about your truth?
Does truth evolve?
As we grow, our truths evolve. Or at least they tend to; in fact, they ought to. Because when I'm a toddler, not getting my cookie is truly the most horrible thing I can imagine. When I'm twelve it's my parents' divorce, and when I'm twenty-two it's heartbreak. It grows as we go, changes as we change. I am not the same person I was yesterday, and I will be a different person tomorrow. My truths follow the same path, because they are a part of me, they are what make me myself. That's why it's so important to keep note of them. Don't forget they're there, or you may lose yourself completely.
What's one thing you know for sure?
I know that I am lucky. I know I was born into a loving family and a first-world country. I know that no matter how bad things get, I'm luckier than someone. Even if I lose everything, at least I had what I did. When I talked to Melissa at work she would tell me earnestly that she was such a lucky girl, to live in such a great group home with staff that care about her. Melissa, who's lived in multiple foster homes and group homes, who's been abused, who hears voices, who has the mental capacity of a six year old. Melissa knows that she is lucky and she made me realize how lucky I am, too. Lucky to have gotten to work with her. Lucky to be who I am.
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