Truth and Knowledge

I know how to kill 11 million people….Cause I recently read, How Do You Kill 11 Million People. =)  Quite an interesting read, one that I think more people probably should read, think about and apply to their lives / the time we live in.  Especially, if like me, you love the country that we are privileged to live in.  Truth, there is so much power in it.  Yet, I feel we all too often shy away from it.  “The truth shall make you free”!  John8:32  I hope we will all begin to question those in authority who continually lie to us, let us all stand up and be one in the cause of truth…and freedom, since truth makes us free.  Let us find out for ourselves what we want to know instead of relying on others, to do our part, to be truthful.  I have work to do, I don’t think I’m a big liar, but I know sometimes I will withhold information or not tell the whole story.  Why?  Cause it makes me (or others) look bad, or because I don’t want to tell you (whoever that may be) everything, or because I’ll get in “trouble,” or because someone might think less of me, or any other reason we might come up with.  Who cares!  No one is perfect.  We are all here to learn, to make mistakes, to grow and become better, often times by learning from our mistakes, or the mistakes of others (ie: if you see someone’s misery why would you have to make the same decision they made and see if you get a different outcome.  I’ve learned much from the mistakes of others!! And I am grateful for their mistakes and my learning without having to do).  How can we become better and learn if we lie to ourselves or others?  We can’t, lies in any form will only bring us down.  I’ve always thought what difference can I make, I’m just one person.  But this one person is going to try a lot harder at being true to myself and others.

With truth comes knowledge.  Which I think knowledge is power.  Just like the truth shall make you free.  If you have knowledge you are powerful.  Not in a power hungry crazed way, but in an awareness and enlightenment and appreciation of all the things around you, kind of way.  If you KNOW something, there is power in that.  Silly example, most of us should know the sky is blue and no one would be able to convince us (lie to us) otherwise.  This is power.  With the extra time I’ve had lately I’ve become “one of those” people who reads blogs… One of the reason I haven’t stopped reading them, is because of the knowledge that I’ve been gaining.  Some of it could be classified as “weird” or “crazy” – at least to most of my generation - but I’m loving it!!  And the internet, in addition to bloggers, has made obtaining the knowledge so incredibly easy!!  Go back to the learning from others statement earlier, people have tried the things they blog about and have done research to find answers, do I still need to do my own, of course.  Once again, this is made easy by a few clicks here and there.  It has been enlivening to learn new things, to have others confirm things that I’ve thought or wondered about, to keep my mental wheels turning instead of just sitting doing nothing, waiting for the next project to come up.  Am I going to turn into a semi health nut?...Probably!!  Am I going to annoy people with the newly acquired knowledge that I have?...Most likely I've already done that.  It makes me happy and I tend to think happiness is contagious and I just want to share the good things I find with those I love…like…or work with.  I’m loving learning new things, things that are applicable in many/all areas of my life.  Including learning new things that I love, like trail running (not found on a blog but from a friend), that I can run without it hurting my feet!!  And running downhill is invigorating and fun.  I love exercising outside, especially after being stuck inside all day.  Oh man!  So many good things in the world to enjoy and to learn and to fight for freedom and truth!!

Some of my recent reads: Apple cider vinegar with "the mother" (it'll cure you of errythang), cloth diapers (I have had plans to do this, now I just know there are cute ones), 12 reasons to quit smoking (cause this is applicable to me...from a womens health magazine and sent to 2 men...), green periods (interesting), choosing happiness (Awesome!), saying NO to vaccinations (I've always kind of had a problem with vaccinations, I think it stems from hating needles, but also hating being injected with diseases), baking soda shampoo, Tanzania, fermented fish oils (with a side of Brazil nuts - have to read the comments to get...hahahaha), news ...and conference (Uplifting!).  Just to name a few.