“All the truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” — Galileo

Galileo’s quote perhaps you have read or seen before, and then dismissed it . . . which is m0re the norm and not the exception. However, make this experience the one time you read, assimilate, grasp and understand the obvious asking yourself simply . . . what is my personal truth? Once you respond to that question what’s the next step, what do you do and how do you get there? How about right where you are . . . perhaps for the first time. Yes, this takes commitment, desire, honesty, courage, integrity and determination to succeed, which if you’re not up for it, in the mood or feel it’s not that important . . . you can then ignore the thought of becoming conscious on any level. For all the people that you know, communicate or relate to . . . what will those individuals take away from the interchange they have had with you? Thomas Paine thought it was important enough to say this . . . “When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not heredity.” Yes, it does matter what your truth is and how you leave the imprint of who you are on everyone who touches your life . . . more than you know . . . consciously.

This has nothing to do with power, position, success, honors, degrees, property, recognition or wealth . . . imagine that . . . it has to do with intangibles that are not acquired by the means of manipulation. The substance of your truth is found within the conscious awareness of who you are without the trappings of tangible accessories. Abraham Lincoln put it another way quite poignantly, “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character give him power.” With power, a man can create or destroy consciously . . . sometimes doing so to himself.

We approach the crossroads of our truth every minute of every day. Some of us see, with the eyes behind our eyes, others take the balance of their lives and squander the ever present conscious opportunities one second at a time, and wonder . . . what happened. Your purpose is within your being, waiting to be tapped as you project the aura of your truth. Friedrich Nietzsche reflects on this possibility another way, “The person lives most beautifully who does not reflect upon existence.” Your existence is reflected upon the consciousness of your truth. JLR