Know your truth

From Daily OM:
March 24, 2010
The Ultimate Authority
Using Our Own Minds
"Our own sense of the truth is the most important piece when taking in information from external sources."

I was watching American Idol the other night and one of the contestants, Crystal Bowersox, was receiving critisism from the judges. Some were saying she should not use her guitar, some were saying she should always use her guitar. The host asked her who she was going to listen to and she simply answered, "Me." She knows her truth. She takes in all the information but in the end it is her take on things that she listens to. I think she will win the contest or at least be in the top two. She knows who she is.

The article above from Daily Om goes on to state: "We need only take a brief look at history to remember that the religious, scientific, and political establishments that ruled the day were all wrong about something at some point in time. This is the beauty of learning, experiencing, and evolving. While we sometimes wish we could just let someone else decide for us what is real and true, this is clearly not a viable option. The good news in all this is that we can confidently devote ourselves to making up our own minds about reality, taking everything that is handed to us as truth with a grain of salt." I hope that as a society today we can all learn what our own truth is. I especially send this out to our politicians with a blessing that they let us continue to know our own truth and trust us to be who we are. It's just not a viable option to let others think for you.