While belief systems can offer structure and meaning, danger arises when repetition — whether from the world or from our own thoughts — replaces true understanding.

From the age of twelve, I was told I’d never amount to anything — words repeated so often they became my inner truth.

My stepmother’s cruelty and my father’s silence left me believing I was destined to fail, no matter how many others saw my light.

It took years to unlearn that lie.

So what is true?

Like many of us, my life experiences deeply shaped how I saw myself and what I believed.

At twenty-two, Dr. Clay Wilson, PhD, helped me remember what I had long forgotten — that I was blessed, capable, empathic, fortunate, gifted, intuitive, intelligent, and worthy — and that I no longer had to believe otherwise. Although it took years to rewrite those internal stories, his insight marked the beginning of a new path. I began to question my old beliefs and embrace a truer version of myself. Staying stuck was always an option, but I no longer wanted to live with the weight of those false convictions. So I chose change.

Accepting a new truth requires letting go of an old one — a tender process that asks us to release what we once cherished and rediscover who we truly are beneath it all. Over time, I’ve learned that truth is not universal; what feels essential to one person can seem meaningless to another.

And that’s okay — we were never meant to think in unison.

Yet in today’s political climate, there’s an ever-growing push toward one-size-fits-all belief systems, enforced without regard for nuance, context, or compassion.

At best, that’s inconsiderate. At worst, it’s deeply damaging. Real democracy invites many voices to the table, but placing blind faith in a single political blueprint is something else entirely. Faith, in its purest form, is the art of releasing our grip on certainty, ego, and the need to have all the answers. It invites freedom over fear, openness over control.

“A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind.”
— Robert Bolton

There is a risk in accepting something as truth simply for the comfort of believing in it.

Unlearning a false idea is far more difficult than adopting it — and the longer we hold on, the more resistant we become, even when evidence tells us otherwise.

The beauty of discovering our own truth lies in realizing that we need not persuade others to share it, nor diminish theirs to affirm our own. If another sees pink clouds where I see white, I feel no need to correct them or claim superiority.

I recognize that their perception is different — and that’s perfectly fine.

Truth, after all, is shaped by the eyes that see it.

The urge to impose one’s beliefs on others is rarely born of wisdom; it grows from ego or unhealed fear.

True confidence requires no conquest — it flourishes through understanding.

Dr. Wilson helped me see that.

There is no harm in hearing another’s perspective; in fact, that’s how we grow.

I encourage you to stay curious, to listen deeply, and to form your own understanding.

If only children were taught how to think, rather than what to think, the world would look very different.

I claim no affiliation with any religion or political party.

My path is one of reflection — a journey shaped by thought, not allegiance.

I oppose nothing; I think for myself.

Legendary trial lawyer Gerry Spence once said ~
“I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.”

And I couldn’t agree more.