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Truth, #Truthbombs, and Trust

4/23/2022

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If you’ve been following along in this #AtoZChallenge, Question (Almost) Everything, you likely have noticed a theme and a bias I hold for people finding their own answers, tapping their own wisdom, and learning to trust themselves as they lean into what is true for them.

There’s a troubling trend I’m seeing in social media these days.  People are dropping #truthbombs everywhere. Because they’ve said it and hash tagged it, we need to get on board with whatever they’ve spewed onto the screen.  Sometimes it’s even accompanied by a BAM! to really catch your attention.  Usually these feel like a jolt to my mind and spirit. 

I don’t know about you, but my first reaction is not usually to say, “Yeah… you’re right…” but rather a little skepticism and maybe even a little Who are you to tell me what’s true? 

Truth is a rather subjective thing, isn’t it?  Maybe not as subjective as some want us to believe these past few years, but still, it is in many cases something that we determine for ourselves. 

What lands for us?  Resonates with us?  Stirs a sense of buzzing, aliveness, or goosebumps?  I don’t know about you, but I feel it in my body when something resonates as right, true, or at least worthy of my consideration. 

It doesn’t take some jazzed-up woman yelling in my face, throwing down the #truthbomb gauntlet! 

So, for today, I invite you to revisit Answers,  Questions or Follow Your Heart, if you’d like a little support in what it means to trust yourself, to find your own guidance, to determine your own path or choices.  Honestly, I suspect some element of this theme is woven into most of the posts since it’s such a strong foundation of my core truth. 

                            “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own,
                                                    instead of someone else's.” - Billy Wilder
 
You are the expert in your life.  You get to chart your own course.  No one else can possibly know what’s best for you, and the more they tell you they do, the more discerning you want to become (that’s my #truthbomb!  Trust yourself, first and foremost!).

How about you?  How do you decide who to trust?  What helps you to trust yourself, even when you feel lost and confused?  What practices do you have that help you quiet down and listen within?  Where do you create time and space in your life to be able to do so? 

                                             “Silence is the mother of truth.” - Benjamin Disraeli
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Please share so that we can get some new ideas!  Appreciate you being here, reading, and chiming in!  

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6 Comments
Afshan Shaik
4/23/2022 12:40:55 pm

Hello,

Like it is today every truth has three sides...my side your side and the truth side...no one can state something as a finale fact...it's always w.r.t. their perspective...well said...we need to have that trust to own up our truth..love ur posts which are like food for thoughts!


Dropping by from http://afshan-shaik.blogspot.com/

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Afshan Shaik
4/23/2022 09:13:39 pm

I mean like it is told*

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Barb
4/24/2022 01:33:09 pm

Thank you, Afshan, I'm glad you've enjoyed these posts and I appreciate the time and thought you put into taking them in!

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Janet Wood link
4/24/2022 12:54:59 pm

I can't agree with you more Trust has become subjective. You can almost say Truth is more opinion rather than a fact. I have to wonder when people say, 'This is my truth', or 'That's your truth' they are not interested in Truth at all. Just looking for validation to their thoughts, opinions and behavior.

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Barb
4/24/2022 01:34:29 pm

Janet! Thanks for chiming in! Yeah... when someone says, "this is my truth," so often it feels like the door then closes to any other possibility. I appreciate you reading and sharing your thoughts.

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Linda Sue link
4/24/2022 07:03:53 pm

Advice I've been giving my kids lately, because I am using it myself these days. "To thine own self be true"
Great post!

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