The Truth Shall Make!

Hello Folks,

First of all I would like to apologize for being late with my blogging. I have a computer story you will all relate to. Our new laptop (2007 Christmas Present) broke down for the second time but my laptop (8 years old) was working fine so the kids started using it. It previously had an adaptor problem that became a bigger problem. Needless to say I have been without a computer while waiting for a new power cord to be shipped from the States. I am back now and happy to be back.

April we wrote down what bugs us the most. We listed all our issues in a book bought solely for that purpose. In May we categorized them as to be able to begin solving them. June is a month of continued discovery – Truth. Some of our issues may not be issues at all just misguided truth’s that we need to evaluate.

There are differing claims on such questions as what constitutes truth; how to define and identify truth; the roles that revealed and acquired knowledge play; and whether truth is subjective, relative, objective, or absolute. (Wikipedia) We all know what we mean by truth but what does someone else mean by truth. Does someone elses meaning of truth effect our meaning of truth. We discussed sincere self dillusion – this is when many other peoples idea of truth becomes ours.

For the last two months we have been searching for a form of truth, the little truth’s and the big ones. How do we live our lives without knowing the truth. Well, to tell you the truth, I did it for years. I lived my life thinking no one cared about me because I was ugly – not the truth. I lived my life not knowing what I was doing and thinking it would come to me some day – not the truth. I lived my life for stuff and thinking that I had to have it to make me happy – not the truth. There are a ton of not so true truth’s I lived by.

We are wanting change and the only way to make change is to arrive at the truth of what change we need, who can help us and what will it take to make those changes. The truth is a process to figure out. While we are searching each day we see more emotional growth as we get closer to the real truth. We want to be sure to arrive at real truth not emotional truth.

So, for June, we are on a hunt for truth. As I told you I was under the misguided impression that people didn’t care about me. When I looked at that sincere self delusion I was astounded to think that I have been feeling sorry for myself because other people were getting the help that I so desperately need when, I believed, they really didn’t need that help they just wanted it. As a result I am who I am today – strong, wise and independent. I also didn’t know what I was doing so I learned what I wanted to do and as a result I am involved in hobbies, volunteer work and other rewarding work that I like to do and saying 'no' to stuff I don’t want to do. Stuff has gotten me into a financial pickle but even worse I have taught my kids that stuff is important and stuff has gotten them, together with me, in trouble. All these heartaches have profited me in one way or another at one time or another. I can tell you this I am a much wiser money manager – it is never to late to become that for sure.

Okay, ‘the truth will make you free’ and so we are going to put that to the test this month. It is going to hurt although we may discover that it already does we just don’t know it yet. So go through your book of issues in search of the truth. Read it over and over again until you have discovered all the truth you can get out of it. Read it as if you were reading a novel about someone else. It is always easier to discover stuff about someone else than it is to find it out about us. Write it all down – we are still not acting on it because we still do not have all the facts.

We are going to prove to ourselves that either it is the truth or it isn’t so the question we are going to ask is “Is this the truth and how can I be sure it is the truth?” Write down your answer and your facts that it is or is not the truth. We have the rest of our lives to discover the truth as we see it so take your time but do the work.

Any time you feel overwhelmed send me an email and I will help you get at the information you are trying to discover.

Choosing Joy right along with you,
Kathleen