Make a point of learning what truth is, for it is what sets you free. Don’t look for truth in all the traditional places, even though it may be there to some degree. You would never pick up bits of shells along a stream and try to fit them together by reason and logic. Reason and logic are of the mind, but truth is of the Spirit. If the spirit is not renewed, it seldom recognizes truth.
Other people cannot give us truth. They can only stir us up to find it for ourselves. We have to receive and perceive and believe – because the time comes when we have to walk by faith and not by sight. Life is really quite simple when we stop believing that money and fame are the essence of truth.
~ August 23 entry of A Cherokee Feast of Days – Volume III, by Joyce Sequichie Hifler
Hmm, in the search for truth, where do you find yourself? What do you consider truth to be?
What do I consider it to be?
When I think of truth, I think of being true to myself and those around me. Not being bogged down by the daily to d0′s, and doing my best not to feel the need to catch up when things may have not gone the way I felt they were supposed to; because they were supposed to be just the way they were. When I focus on this point, I realize that I do this often to myself. Instead of being kind and generous to myself for who I am, and what I’ve been through, I beat myself up about where I thought I would be. What I thought I would have accomplished by now.
This is not at all being in the present, which is what I strive to do each day. I have lofty goals for my future, such as having a family, and doing only what I dream (art), which are forward focused, but I almost think that being too present focused, doesn’t set the intention of what I want. If I must be true to myself, in this moment, does that mean that every decision I make now can and will affect what happens ahead? Planning ahead is being realistic, thinking about the past is almost sadistic. Focusing on the moment is, what?
As for the search of truth, I do think this is my theme for 2012. Love and truth. Being true to myself, my heart, my soul, and those around me.
What are your thoughts around truth? Have you made any resolutions this year to be more true?
“Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you
right. Forget about those who don’t. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it.”
― Harvey MacKay
