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Five Minute Friday: Truth

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Today's word is: Truth.

Truth.

Like a foul tasting cough syrup, truth can often be hard to swallow. This week we have spent a lot of time discussing truth. My daughter has been going through a bout of lying...

Those aren't my barbies those are TinTin's.

I didn't color on the walls, TinTin did.

Hector ate my homework folder...

All kids do it. As we discussed truth I struggled to come up with a definition that would register with her literal mind. The dictionary itself uses the word true to define truth.

I tried truth is what is fact. And my five year old pointed out that some truths, like religion, are not facts. I guess living in a household where her Dad is one religion and I am another has shed light on this to her early.

I tried truth is what is right to you. And my five year old told me that what is right to me isn't always right to her. That I might feel one way and she might feel another. And that if truth was the way we felt then neither of us could ever lie as long as we always spoke from our heart.

And I got stumped. Because in a sense she is right. We may not always like what other people have to say or the way other people might feel. We might be ashamed of the way that we feel or what is boiling within us to say. According to my five year old, this is why we lie. There are days I think she is too smart for her own good.

We finally settled on that truth is not lying. And that lying is not being honest about the way that you feel or bending the facts to suit you. While very similar to what I tried to tell her truth is, there is a slight, more literal, difference.

And like a foul tasting medicine, truth is necessary to swallow. It is necessary to address and talk about. It isn't something you hide or hold back because doing so will only prolong your misery.

And as we finished our conversation about truth my daughter said to me, "Don't forget about rainbows." Asking her why, a bit perplexed, she responded, "Without truth there would not be rainbows, and rainbows make the world a brighter more colorful place."

From the mouth of a child to the heart of a mom.

What does truth mean to you?

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annepeterson 4p · 599 weeks ago

I liked this and I think you're right, your daughter is smarter than five. She will keep you jumping.

Truth to me is what God says. It's one thing we can always count on.

I sat in a courtroom twenty years after the fact. My sister had been murdered. And though people had promised to tell the truth, some didn't. And there was a not guilty verdict. So sometimes truth does not win out.

But God's word. It is truth we can count on.

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Ann · 599 weeks ago

I'm so sorry to hear about your sister. Though those people did not have the courage to tell the truth to bring justice, I hope you're able to have faith still that even if justice is not given here on earth it will be after. Best wishes and prayers to you and yours.

pixilatedskies 11p · 599 weeks ago

I am so sorry to hear about your sister. I agree with you that God's word is a truth we can count on. It's a truth that can bring peace no matter how chaotic life can get.
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Truth...that is such a subjective word. I think that a large majority of people have some type of faith that to them is the truth. However when we look at different faiths, even from faith to faith...from different parts of Christianity even there is variation of exact truths. I agree that truth is not lying and that it is being honest about how you feel, this part really hit me "And like a foul tasting medicine, truth is necessary to swallow. It is necessary to address and talk about. It isn't something you hide or hold back because doing so will only prolong your misery." Having been through a lot of struggles myself in life including having to admit to myself that I fell into the negative pattern of my mother and sister and became involved in an abusive relationship. It took a long time to admit the truth to myself that the man was abusive and that I needed to get away. It took longer for me to realize the truth that if I didn't get away I might not make it to get away. Truth can be subjective or objective...and sometimes depending on life experience I think that our perception of truth may change.

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