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“What a difference a day makes,” I said as I looked around my home this morning, the day after an impromptu cookout with my friends. Five children and eight adults all having a great time, you can imagine the aftermath! 

As soon as I said it, I thought a little bit deeper about that statement.

What a difference a day makes. 

 

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“Fight Truth Decay.” I saw that slogan on a sign along the road on my way home from my brother-in-law’s house. I had to take a picture of it because it meant something to me–albeit something different than it did to the church that posted it on a billboard.

Here’s what it means to me: Our truth is really our spiritual existence, and by spiritual existence, I’m talking about something that goes way beyond our belief systems. Beliefs are what we learn. Core truth is what is and what will always be.

For more on what I’m talking about, check out an article on self-love written by Hara Estroff Marano in Psychology Today.

In it, Marano gets to the heart of what core truth is by nicely summing up what self-love is:

Core Truth 1: Honor who you are. Remember you are meant to be in this world, both having this physical human experience as well as existing as a spiritual being of pure love, peace, and perfection. Honor that core person, for it is the truth of who you really are.

Core Truth 2: As a human, you are capable of creating joy, happiness, pain, sadness and suffering in your life. Choose what you will create. You have the power to control your own destiny through this self-will.

Core Truth 3: You are always evolving and becoming a better and more refined human being. This is your purpose in life.

Ultimately, to understand this core truth, it’s important not to confuse why you are here, your role for existing. As Marano says, “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.”   

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