Your TRUTH is YOUR truth.

I follow author Jeff Brown on Facebook (facebook/soulshaping) and today while reading one of the comments on his post I was inspired to reply.  What inspired me was a need to clarify for us all, that one person’s truth in this moment in time is their truth alone.  Having the courage to share their experience through words, photos, painting, singing, dancing should not be judged based on our own perception. These “sharings” (not really a word, but I like it) are meant to be an expression of someone’s life journey and we need to appreciate that.  Can we voice our own opinion, agree or disagree, share our own experience of a similar thing?  Absolutely! But do we have the right to suggest that another person should change their own truth to suit our needs? Absolutely not! Such is the beauty of art in all forms, some of us respond to certain things and others to different things.  As a writer, I write from my heart what is my truth and my own experience.  My goal is to share with you in the hope that something I say may help you along your own personal life journey.  But I know there are lots of people who will not understand, or “get” what I am saying.  There are also lots of people who will flat out disagree and that’s okay.  I love that there are so many people out there sharing their stories, it is what helps me to learn and to grow.  We all process information in different ways and understand meaning at different times, that’s why you can pick up a book and not be able to get into it and two years later it is life changing for you. Or someone says something over and over (so true in yoga) and finally it just clicks.  Isn’t this great?!  It speaks to our ability to grow and learn.  The important part is that we remain open, open to receiving what we need at the time.  Allow what resonates to settle in and let go of what does not.  And maybe just maybe what does not resonate will come back to you later and you will say “ah. . . I get why I could not see that before”.  Now that is progress and isn’t that what this is all about?