I know it's not fashionable to talk about true things. I remember this especially while I was getting my MA degree. We talked about degrees of truth. Societal truth. Cultural truth. Personal truth. We never did have the courage to let that word sit alone.
Kind of scary when it does. What if there are true things? For everybody. Always. No exceptions. And feelings aren't allowed in the equation.
I'm kind of on a truth kick right now because I heard something today in church. Yep, found a true thing there. And it hit me as REALLY true. Sort of, more true than other things that are also true. I think it was Hemmingway who said that he was always trying to write the truest thing he knew. Might have been Dr. Seuss, I forget.
Anyway, today I heard a really true, true thing. I'm thinking you've heard it before, I sure had, but not like I heard it today. Ready? Here tis:
The truth shall set you free.
That's it. That's my new true, true thing. You can kick it, beat it, spit on it. You can hate it, laugh at it, delete it. Doesn't matter. You can object. You can say the truth has hurt you, got you in a heap of trouble, left you feeling small and stupid and insulted and you could be right.
But the truth always sets something free.
I like that. I like guarantees. For sures. Precious few black and whites floating around, so when you find one, hold on tight.
That's all, back to editing. Just thought I'd spit out my true, true thing.
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