Truth Is...

Truth is…

Truth is what affirms reality
If you believe truth is correspondence.
Truth is a property of systems of propositions
If you believe truth is coherence.
Truth is a perception influenced by society
If you believe truth is constructed.
Truth is what is agreed upon
If you believe truth is consensus.
Truth is what works
If you believe truth is pragmaticism.
Truth is an expressive convenience
If you believe truth is a linguistic symbol.

Truth is an action 

If you believe truth is performative.
Truth is an opinion
If you believe truth is pluralistic.

Truth is...

Truth is God
If you believe truth is found in Western religions.
Truth is self
If you believe truth is found in Eastern religions.
Truth is proven
If you believe truth is the scientific method.
Truth is the phenomena of the human experience
If you believe truth is poetry.
Truth is adrenaline
If you believe truth is adventure.
Truth is passionately intuitive
If you believe truth is love.
Truth is…

I think about truth constantly
What is true?
Why is it true?
How can I know it is true?
Prove it!
But with endless understandings of truth
Can I ever get one answer?
No.
Because truth is...

Truth is explained a thousand different ways
And each explanation can be justified a thousand times.
But as much as one perspective can be proven
It never seems to disprove another.
Different forms of truth all writhing together
Yearning to escape human debate
To become THE Truth
But we do not let them go.
We cannot
Because in this life we will never know who got it right.
Because truth is…

Truth is belief
Even if you think it is correspondence or coherence or constructed or consensus.
Truth is conviction
Even if you think it is pragmatic or symbolic or performative or pluralistic.
Truth is faith
Even if you think it is found in Judaism or Christianity or Islam or Hinduism or Buddism.
Truth is a choice
Even if you think it is science or poetry or adventure or love.
Truth is…

Truth is a mystery
Truth is a paradox
Truth is completely out of our control.
And truth is completely up to us.
Truth is…