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Journal Entry #3 What is the truest statement that you believe in? Why do you believe it?

When I was little, my mother used to tell me (usually over unimportant things like ice cream for dinner or staying up late) that there was “a time and a place for everything.” It’s a common saying, and now that I’m older I realize that despite how annoyed I got at her every time she said it, she was right (as usual).
The truest statement that I believe in is that "Practice Makes Perfect". I believe this to be the truest statement because no matter what you do if you do it more and more times you will always become better at it if you practice. This is one of the codes I live by and anything I want to get better at I just practice.
"You can do anything you put your mind to." I truly believe this quote can change people. This is because, over the years of school, this has helped me to do work or projects that normally I would say "I'll do it tomorrow". This quote really helps me at times like those and always inspires me to do what I need to do.
The truest thing I know is myself because I can tell when I am okay and not okay.
The truest statement I believe in is "you are not your past." I've been told this at many different times. This means so much to me because a lot of people are 'known for' or defined as a past event in their life or a way they were raised, this not only glorifies trauma but creates a reputation for a person that has nothing to do with their present self.
The truest statement that I believe in is "everything happens for a reason". I believe so heavily in this because it seems that so many things have happened in my life that it doesn't really seem possible that they could have just happened the way they did and have the outcomes that they did.
What we do know for certain is that there will always exist uncertainty. We can’t rely on anything else to be true. Everything else is discontinuous, chaotic, and fluctuating. What will remain static until the apocalypse, destruction of the world via global warming, or what have you, is that there will always be holes in our understanding of life and its meaning. This we can depend on to forever be a factual statement. Knowledge is never absolutely certain, perhaps conditionally, hypothetically, and relatively, but never entirely certain.
My strongest belief? That morality is based on what is the best for the most people, ("the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one"-Spock, Star Trek) but that minor inconveniences can be taken for the needs of the few. I believe this because I believe that kindness is about putting society at the same level as yourself.
The truest statement that I believe in is equality. Everyone's perspective, opinion and identity deserves respect and all people are created equal and should be treated as such.
The truest statement that I believe in is that no one has the answers to everything. As much as anyone would want to be able to understand most, if not all, of life's questions, that simply is an inherent impossibility of our world, on par with a perfect first pancake and a teacher successfully incorporating a meme into their presentation. While some may pose ideas that may enlighten any one understanding of a particular topic they can never truly hope to fully answer that question to the extent at which everyone else can accept it, much like [insert political joke here]. The only unequivocally true statement anyone can make about their own existence or the morality of others is that no one can ever really answer either of those questions.
I believe that faith, family and moral values/liberty are the most important aspects of my life. I believe that liberty, Judaism and family/moral values define our meaning in life and give us the ability to pursue different things as we see fit.
I believe that no matter how you connect to G-d or you Judaism, you are still a Jew and have jewish blood in your veins. This means whether you are religious or not, ashkanez or sphardi, keep kosher or not, dress tzniut...you will always have that connection to G-d and judaism.
The truest statement I believe is that I can be a nice person and respect what they believe and think. So I show positivity in the world and so that people would like to be around me as a friend.
The truest statement I believe in is a quote from Pirkei Avot. This quote is Eizehu Ashir, Hasameach B'Chelko. The translation of this quote explains that the definition of a rich person is someone who is happy with what they have. This statement is one I find the truest because I believe that as human beings we focus too much on materialistic items and money, and view these as the primary goal for happiness. A human’s main goal in life should not be about having a mansion, a nice car, or having the fanciest jewelry and furniture. Instead, one should focus more on finding joy and satisfaction with what they have, including their mental and spiritual wellbeing.
That Hashem is always with us. The reason I chose this is because we are taught this from a young age or at least I have.
The truest thing that I believe in is that there are always exceptions. I believe it to be true because I have thought it over and nothing contradicts this statement.

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