Tuesday, April 04, 2006

That's the truth.....and I'm stickin' to it !!!!!

Good Evening everyone. Thank you for dropping by. I'm happy to have you read this, the latest post in the ongoing saga of what I call my blog. I'm assuming, of course, that you came to this blog site to actually read it. ( :-D ) Anyway, welcome! Any comments will be greatly appreciated, so fire at will. (wait, who is Will and why are we shooting at him?) Ok you groan! Enough of the levity, you cry. Alright, on to other things.
I have over the years learned a few things. One of those things is about 'Truth'. We in our society have come to believe, over the years and decades, that Truth is a relative thing. It certainly is not that. We've decided over the same time span that Truth is something that can vary. It certainly can't. We as a people treat Truth in whatever way makes us 'comfortable'. We create gameshows about it and we use it as a tool to accuire things. We use it, or a "version" of it to get what we want from life and to satisfy our desires from the world in which we live. I've come to realize over the years in this life that the truth is the one thing that will keep us sane. It's the rock that never moves or shifts on which we can confidently stand. Ok, enough of definations. One of the biggest problems that we all face is telling ourselves the truth. We all have a tendency to believe what isn't the truth, especially when it involves ourselves. We grow up believing that we lack in certain ways and that it effects our value. It doesn't not! We have a tendency to believe what other people say that involves us. We grow up believing that our nose is too big, or our hair is ugly, or our face isn't attractive enough. We grow up wanting to be like someone else. If only we were prettier or more handsome. If we could only run faster. If we could only be smarter or more popular. The TRUTH is that none of those things have anything whatsoever to do with our value. The TRUTH is that we are valuable and worth a lot simply because we are human beings and are created by a Loving God ! What we tell ourselves, or don't tell ourselves, as the case may be turns out to be what we believe. What we believe, in turn, is what we base our decisions and choices in life on. That would explain for example, why so many of us make such rotten choices about so very many things. That would also explain why so many see themselves as so without value and suicidal. The science of therapy is based on, at least in part, our efforts to find out what is the real truth and work at believing that not everything that we've heard and everything we've been taught is so necessarily true. So, you may ask, where do I look for the TRUTH, and how will I know when I've found it. On that I have this to say. To be continued. You'll have to come back and read some more to find out. I'll be posting more a bit later on this same subject. I believe it will be enlightening for most if not all. .......and so it goes.....

1 comment:

Dawn (of Course)! said...

I see not only TRUTH in these comments but wisdom as well!!