I do not know how this happened, but I stopped doubting. I stopped doubting myself. I stopped questioning whether what I receive is real or not.
Knowing is individual; truth is individual. No one can convince anyone of the truth; each person must learn the truth based on their own experiences.
It is not about convincing people; it is only about being an example. It does not matter what you say or what others think; all that matters is being true to yourself.
It is not about time, about doing more in less time, doing more than others; it is only about doing what must be done with what is true within you.
It is not about the past, who you were or what you could have been, what you once had or could have had, what you did or could have done; it is only about what you choose to be now, what you have now, what you can do now.
And it is not about the future either—what you will be, what you will have, what you will do. It is only about the now. What is true for you now? What is important now?
Placing our thoughts in the past and the future takes our presence away from the present and causes feelings that do not serve us. All that matters is the now.
Allowing yourself to think this way is to learn a little more to respect yourself, to love yourself, to have a constructive relationship with yourself.
Neither in the past nor in the future lies our salvation, but only in the present, in choosing now love over hatred, joy over sadness, trust over anxiety, life over death, God over oneself.
Our thoughts, every day, dwell on the same matters, and it is only in the company of God that we will transform them more and more for the better.
To remain distant from God is to choose the same imperfect thoughts of our imperfect personality again and again and again. Only with Christ will we be able to transform them into better thoughts, less imperfect, more closely resembling the will and mercy of the love in His words.
There is nothing we can do to change what the truth is; we can only accept it and choose the best path. And this path is the path that Jesus walked, the truth that Jesus proclaimed, the life as He lived it.
Better than arguing is simply to begin walking, and along the way, you will understand.
