The programming starts the minute you make contact with other humans, continues through childhood and is established by adulthood. Eventually we give up or forget our truths. As we age, many of us experience times of rebellion, usually in our teenage and middle age years.
Conflict arises when our truth–that which you know in your soul, mind and gut to be true–is contradicted by those with power over us.
The wise parent of a teenager understands that the child needs to find their own truth. If this support is not given and the child does not venture to clarify or rediscover his or her own truth, their conflict can manifest in myriad ways such as addiction, abuse, depression or illness.
Your own truth is not something others can tell you. We can share our experiences, and talk about what worked and didn’t, but we can’t impose a truth on someone.
Everyone’s truth is true for them, but may be untrue or only partially true for someone else. Listening to and trusting your gut is the only skill you need: anything that rings true or feels like something you knew but had forgotten is a truth for you. It should make you happy and at peace. (Even sadness makes me happy because it’s just another face of love.) Anything that makes you feel bad, anxious or unworthy is not a truth for you.
Everyone’s truth is true for them, but may be untrue or only partially true for someone else. Listening to and trusting your gut is the only skill you need: anything that rings true or feels like something you knew but had forgotten is a truth for you. It should make you happy and at peace. (Even sadness makes me happy because it’s just another face of love.) Anything that makes you feel bad, anxious or unworthy is not a truth for you.
Be open to acquiring or rediscovering truths. Test them out, reject those that don't fit. You'll develop a clear knowledge of your own personal operating instructions.
