Thought Challenge - My Journey

The search for Truth. There has long been a 'Thought Challenge' that I have wanted to share. For one day, one  day only, no lies. What this means is no lying to others and no lying to oneself, no little white lies, and no lies to defend our beliefs. If we had to teach ourself how to re-think, than, this would do it. Ok, then, try it for five minutes. Try it as you reach for something to eat. Why did you make that choice? Did you tell yourself that it was just not that bad for yourself? Did you tell yourself that it was ok because you were in a hurry? Did you tell yourself it was ok, just this once? We lie to ourselves many many times a day. We have learned to convince ourselves that this is either alright or that it just doesn't matter. Then we lie to each other. Probably, we have just learned to adjust our morals of acceptance. In the challenge, use this as a tool throughout the day. Consciously respond to your thought process. I believe that you will learn much about who you are and judgements.

Another form of lying that we have made acceptable, with withholding. Withholding something in order manipulate and control. This is a manipulation of self-esteem. Giiving to others with the idea of getting something in return is not does so from a place of happiness or inner peace. It's a 'trade.' The best way to give is with honesty and an open heart ~ without expectation. Be generous and compassionate when you give.

How much of the thought process is behavioral? Learned? Aquired?

I began this new journey about a year and a half ago, when I reaquainted myself with a high-school friend. He sent me a video entitled, "What's right with the world." It was an amazing and incredible look at our world. From this point forward, I made a conscious effort to work at seeing the best in everything, or at least the good. To find the lesson.  I re-focused my goals and rewards, objectivity, thoughts and ideas.

Having said this and backing up, I cannot remember a time in my life when I did not want to be a journalist. A candid fact about myself is that growing up, something my mother refers to as 'my lack of self-esteem' prevented me from remotely embracing this.  So with this, I have worked on this 'lack of self-esteem' throughout the years. It has been quite a journey. It has been a challenge. It has been rewarding. I have learned many a lesson.

So from here and the reason for the Thought Challenge is that I am really wondering if bad is not winning over good. If we have just altered the state of our truth. The next question from here, well, is exactly, where, then, do we go from here?

If reality is based on an individual perception and what we make ourselves believe in order to survive, is there a true reality? And the more people that we can bring along with us on our ride, does this make that reality more sustainable? More true?