The Truth Is…
This is my truth and may or may not be yours.

Truth sits between my heart and throat and moves not to the tongue but to the shoulder, down the bicep to the muscles of the hand holding the pen and translates its message to words on the page.
This is my truth and may or may not be yours.
The word truth screams high moral ground. Upon a simple etymology search on etymonline.com I learned that the noun “truth” has its roots from the Proto-Germanic treuwaz “having or characterized by good faith.” The Old English definition being “faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, veracity, quality of being true; pledge, covenant.” In today’s usage of language, the word fact and truth are many times used interchangeably; I believe that we do this in error. My truth may not be your truth.
The word fact indicates that something does not change regardless of the change in circumstances. Fact is from Latin factum “an event, occurrence, deed, or achievement.” However, even in some dictionary definitions of modern use of the word fact, the word true is included. Here I must state, what I believe is my truth may not be factual. This is what I ask humanity to consider.
Today’s political climate is constantly presenting information as factual and I sense that what people say is actually their truth and that truth may or may not be factual. This dynamic of words spoken and written with the purpose of accomplishing a political agenda pushes me to think, what is my truth? What do I believe is truth? What evidence do I know that supports that statement as fact? I do not desire to point a finger at who is right or who is wrong. That is not my job. My responsibility is to know my truth.
Knowing my truth is my journey. Knowing my truth is required for me to be my authentic self. My personality type from the Myers-Briggs assessment is Intuitive. My writing comes from an intuitive place of my spirit and I discover my truths through my writing process. Experiences, the ability to fully listen to others, and decision making using the executive function of the brain do influence my world view. These influences are absorbed into my spirit and are processed. The result of this process is seen in my actions and words with the desired goal of living authentically.
My truth is found by allowing a pen to be held in my hand so the words can surface on the page.
I ask the reader of these words to consider, where do you find your truth? How do you express your truth?
“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.” Ernest Hemingway
