Truths

The Founding Fathers of this great country held some truths to be self-evident.



I believe, we as human beings honestly don't know what our truths are. To each of us they are not self-evident. As I said in an earlier blog we need to own our experience. This includes those truths of who we are. We all have varying levels of truths.

For instance, what our career is, who we work for, what we stand for and even superficial stuff like who our favorite sports teams are. But those are not the truths I am talking about. I am talking about a deeper level set of truths.

Truths are like a concentric circle. Each layer reveals more and more about your truths. Similar in fashion to this one.





All truths you have like your childhood, your marriages, your kids and others are not meant for all. To start with, own those truths. They are yours. Much like the family circus kid who meanders on his way home from school, our life path is our truth.



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All those things that happened to us are our truths. They represent various layers of truths to be revealed to people in that concentric circle.

Remember, each layer of truth is not meant for everybody. Owning those and protecting those is called establishing boundaries to your truths. It is a vault and can be opened for the right person, but ensure they know the passcode and will protect those truths right alongside you. This is especially prevalent in the social media age.





We all want to connect to our fellow human being. Well at least I want to. That is one of my truths. Social media allows us that alleged privacy to reveal truths to someone, when in reality that truth, is stored on some disk server, somewhere in the world, so it's really not private.

I am not suggesting being a hermit. As early 20th century Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandies said "Sunlight is the greatest disinfectant."

Justice Louis Brandeis


Opening up those truths, especially the scary ones (re: skeletons), gives them less power and you realize you are not alone in those truths about yourself. I know I think some of the shit that has happened to me is unique to me. However, as I give that passcode to that vault, I realize that I'm not alone in those truths.

As I said, we all have truths. Be cognizant of them, own them unto yourself. Once you own them, protect them and keep that passcode locked away. Be cautious with that passcode, as not everyone needs to know every truth of yours.

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