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Today I am very thankful for truth. Pure and simple. There is a lot of power in the clarity that truth provides. There is no doubt that finding truth can be a very painful thing, yet the liberation that comes from truth is the clarity we receive from it I think. Things are revealed to us until we are ready to see them clearly.

Clarity allows us to make better choices for ourselves and sets the standard by which we live and by which we set the standards for the way others treat us. I am only now discovering and using clarity for the first time. 'Using' clarity has a lot to do with acknowledgment of the things about ourselves that we don't want to see and hoping that others won't discover. I've learned that these things we run from, tend to catch up to us in other forms. That form may be another person. It may come as an 'unexpected event'. It may even come through the difficulties of a stranger. Whatever the form, the manner in which we embrace it or resist it, matters. It matters because our action or inaction could be the difference between going left or right---a life-changing moment. Or it can be a part of a series of steps that will lead you to somewhere wonderful that you just aren't aware of yet. I have learned: things aren't always revealed to us when we want them to be or when we think we deserve them to be. It is a lesson of faith.

There is much cleansing that comes from truth and facing the hurts and the joys it brings. I think sometimes we hold on to hurts in our hearts and we just don't want to let go of them because we think that place it has in our heart can't be replaced by anything else, let alone something good. We fear the loss and we fear the feeling of emptiness. So we hold on even though we may know that what we are holding is stale and over. What we don't realize in the moment is that it prevents us from giving and receiving. Specifically, it holds one back from loving. Until one day when we are ready and find our clarity, we make the decision to let go. It's a bittersweet kind of moment. But at the end of the emotion there is triumph. There is a peace in knowing that you are a better person. It allows for more loving; of oneself and towards others. It allows others to love you better. It brings shape to your life. It reveals to you the strength of your spirit. Most importantly, it shows you that you have the power to heal yourself through self-love. I think its one of the most important lessons to learn in life. I feel thankful to know this tonight.