As we search for a way to go in life, a career, a relationship, a purpose, we take with us who we are at each moment in time. We have, or may lack, characteristics and qualities that are helpful in promoting us forward. We may have learned skills, techniques, and have talents that work and weave through everyday activities to help bring us toward our goals.
We have an image of ourselves - maybe looking successful, or maybe as a failure. What is behind the image is what we view with our idea of truth.
But what is truth? Is it the actual evidence of our success or failure? Is it only a belief about ourselves or is the truth what we think others believe about us?
Truth can be puzzling. Each person’s view of reality is in some ways different, depending on a number of factors, but the truth one believes in may be a positive or negative deciding factor.
I believe in the sun - it shines, it warms, it’s up in the sky. Is it true it will eventually kill us? Some believe this is true, some don’t. This truth/non-truth here isn’t harmful.
But what can be harmful in identifying some things as truth, is when people use their personal “truths” as a stance that they are right and all others are wrong, to the point of being arrogant, defiant, threatening, or taking violent actions.
Some people simply can’t handle truth! Their fervent autocratic insistence can be destructive and dangerous if that person is in a position of power.
But truth is more than what any one person believes. And to me the search for truth does begin with the Lord, seeking to find a better way to live life, by the fruits of the Spirit. Theresa M.
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