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1. Stalking the truth
In the process of living life, each in our own unique manner,
we follow a complex set of "truths", the vast majority
of which we cobble together along the way. With my eleven year
old daughter for instance, she launched into a complicated theory
of diet and health the other day. Even though I didn't agree
with the theories she was espousing, I was impressed with the
complex view she was presenting. I asked her if she had learned
these concepts in school. "No," she said, "I
learned about this on the TV shopping channel." When I
tried to explain that she was watching an advertisement
designed to sell a certain product, she got upset and
said, "Certainly the 'doctor' must know more about this
subject than you do!" Wow! What more could I say? My opinion
was being trumped by a "world renowned authority"!
How about you? Have you been watching a shopping channel and
confusing what you saw and heard with "the truth"?
Nowadays we have shopping channels for most everything. Programs
proclaiming religion, politics, health, and self improvement
being some of the most prevalent offerings. So much of what
we learn comes from "teachers" that are doing little
more than trying to sell a product, or lifestyle, by disguising
their offering as a public service announcement.
Recently I was at a house party and my daughter and her two
best friends were counseling the younger brother of one of the
girls. He was going to start his first year of school and they
were explaining the whole system to him. How to behave with
the teachers, what to do if he got bullied, and what to say
if he all of a sudden had to go to the toilet in the middle
of a lesson. I was SO intrigued by how authoritative they appeared
to be. The young boy was all ears, and if he was capable of
writing I'm sure he would have been taking notes! We are all
likely to believe what we learn from those we deem wiser than
us. In this case I think the girls gave good advice, and I realized
embarrassedly that my wife and I had never had such a detailed
conversation with our daughter.
I invite you to think about what you believe to be true, with
the hope you will realize there is little to hold onto that
is "real" other than your faith. You have been taught
much along the way, and a large portion of what once might have
seemed so certain, has likely recently been replaced by the
newest flavor of the month. Once you realize that faith is not
based upon "verifiable facts," you can begin to creatively
fashion a new set of personal truths to live your life by.
Here are a few suggestions to get you started:
1. Appreciate yourself more
by understanding that regardless of the results you achieve,
you really are doing the best you are currently capable of.
2. Each person in their "heart
of hearts" has only positive intentions. Keep your positive
intentions and devise better strategies for fulfilling your
dreams.
3. Most everything you believe
to be true is actually an opinion and not a statement of fact.
If you'd like to live a more fulfilling life, realize that faith
is more important than facts, and don't confuse your opinions
with the truth.
4. Much of what you believe
will make you happy, gets in the way of your being happy. Please
don't wait around for circumstances to change. You really can
be happy today!
5. Life is perfect just as it
is, and so are you!
These are the current truths I'm attempting to live my life
by. They are serving me well, and I hope they will also benefit
you to some extent. We'd love to hear back from you, telling
us what you uncover on your own personal path of discovery.
Please remember to keep an eye out for the unexpected. That
is where the real fun usually begins!
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Her heart-mind commitment to life-long holistic learning, and
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