Truths

What were your truths as a child? Which truths did you "lose"/"give  up" as you grew older? Why was this important?

What truths do you grapple with or see others around you grapple with?

As a child, my truth was that after you died, you come back as into life as a new person. I lost this truth when I grew up when I realized there was also heaven and hell. This wasn't very important, because there are still no solid evidence that what I believed as a child and what I believe now is right or wrong. Growing up, I also realized there wasn't a Santa Clause or Tooth Fairy, a truth I believed as a child. This was important because I realized that my parents must have gone through a lot of hard work to pretend there was a Santa, especially to have presents from Santa and my parents.

Others grapple with the truths of religion. Some people after an unfortunate event lose their trust in their truth that there is a god, while some other people may feel stronger that there is a god. Other people, such as the older kids in elementary school grapple with the truth of Santa Clause. There is that one year of elementary school where half of the class believes in Santa and the other half does not. During this time, you have people giving reasons why they believe there is a Santa or why there isn't a Santa.