I have been on a journey searching for the truth for as long as I can remember. Every time I ask myself “what is the truth?” I have never received an answer. I sometime begin to wonder if what I see or hear is really a reality or only my perception of reality. This leads me to question even my existence. Am I really sitting in front of the laptop at 7pm and writing a blog right now?
I have a strange habit that I do without noticing. I lie. I do not lie about important things but rather little things. For example, when my friend asked me what I ate for dinner last night, I told her I ate sushi. The truth was I actually ate pizza for dinner. There was no need to lie but I did. While I talked to her, I kept telling myself that I had pizza. Soon after, I began doubting if that was true. Now I really do not know what I had for dinner that night. It is not because I forgot but rather because I lied and the lie was lost in the reality. Then I ask again. What is the truth anyways?
I enjoyed a quote by Lewis Carroll, “What I tell you three times is true.” That makes me think that if I tell myself something that is untrue three times, then it might become the truth. Truth has to be constant. I believe what I see with my eyes is the truth. If I see a ball is round, then it is true that the ball is round. For things that are not tangible forms, such as love, I believe there is no one truth. The quote “Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.” by Walt Whitman explains it well. What one believes to be true depends on how he or she perceives that truth. Everyone has a different soul. Therefore there are as many truths as the number of human beings.
In the end, the truth is how one perceives it from their own standpoint. It may not be the same truth that another person would believe. Nevertheless, the stronger ones convictions are of a said truth ultimately determine one’s truth.
