Bradbury didn’t miss. The mind spins stories to feel safe - emotion just blurts out what’s real. Sometimes I think truth isn’t a thought at all, it’s a frequency. And feeling is the tuning fork.
This is why people trying to mimic my vulnerability always fell flat. I simply tell the truth. I’m not performing vulnerability, I’m just telling the straight, raw, uncut truth. So few people GET that. And… why I love everybody - I see their truth, often even when they don’t tell it. I love them at their heart - their truth, not their love. Wizard withwords is an apt name for you sir. Aho 🙏🏽
Well, that is/was, truthfully, refreshing. I find it curious too that part of a song I have been forever writing includes the line from the get go, "it's time to turn the tide, restore the river's course, let truth and love flow first again, strong and free and pure." I suppose I always thought of them as separate but now I'm beginning to understand they are not. Great post. What the world need now is truth, pure truth.
That's a powerful lyric, and what a perfect mirror to this moment. “Restore the river’s course” - yes. That’s exactly the work so many of us are being called to do now, whether through words, music, or the quiet daily act of living in alignment. And you’re right: truth and love aren’t separate. Truth IS love - just not the soft, people-pleasing kind. It’s the fierce, clear kind that liberates. That cleans the river. That makes space for what’s real.
Thank you for sharing this. Your words added something sacred to the conversation. Now, when do we all get to hear this song of yours?? xx
Thank you. That song? If the universe and I could get together and finish our collaboration (or sends me the right person to collaborate with)…but maybe soon, maybe this is the catalyst to help me finish the lyric and find a musician to put it to music. In the meantime, the full verse:
All of life is sacred is Eternal Truth.
The Way was hijacked long ago and suffer us today.
The time is Now to turn the tide, restore the river's course,
let Truth and Love flow first again,
strong and free and pure.
These words, to me at least, really do sum up where we are at in America, in the world, at this point in time. (Curious too that I capitalized words this way; I've not done that before today.)
oooh those words gave me tingles! Let Truth and Love flow first again, strong and free and pure. Perfection. I hope they make their way into song someday!
Thank you for naming that. There’s so much power in being able to say, “I’ve worn the mask too.” Most people never even get there - they just keep performing love and wondering why it feels hollow.
Truth gives us something solid to stand on. Even when it’s uncomfortable, it gives us back our agency. And you’re right: real love can’t exist without it. Not the kind that heals. Not the kind that lasts.
Agreed! I was mainly raised by my grandmother and she didn't have everything right, but the truths she taught me. I'm so thankful she taught me to value truth.
My mother and grandmother both did the same for me. I can hear them even now in my mind saying "Always tell the truth, no matter what". But you know, as I've got older, I've realised telling the truth isn't just about our words. Sometimes when truth is hard we go to silence, and we feel good that we didn't lie with our words, but our actions were utterly false. Truth isn't just about telling - it's about being. Full embodiment. Head to toe, heart to mind to soul. That one is still a daily challenge. Walk in total truth, all day, every day. Now look at us both, making Grandma proud hehe xx
Yes, the full embodiment is hard, because my grandmother ALSO said, “if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all!” Lol! Regardless though, for me as I'm seeing it is for you, it's all a progression!
And I think that's true what you're grandmother said. Sometimes, silence really is golden. The challenge is not to betray that silence with actions that are not based in truth. And it's fun to have a challenge - we're not supposed to nail it all every day! Always growing, always progressing! Onwards! xx
❤/truth this..Thank you.
Ray Bradbury said emotion is truth and thinking 💭 is mostly lies.
https://substack.com/@nature007/note/c-120117477
Bradbury didn’t miss. The mind spins stories to feel safe - emotion just blurts out what’s real. Sometimes I think truth isn’t a thought at all, it’s a frequency. And feeling is the tuning fork.
Awe, your answer gave me chills. A resonant FEELING! 💜
This is why people trying to mimic my vulnerability always fell flat. I simply tell the truth. I’m not performing vulnerability, I’m just telling the straight, raw, uncut truth. So few people GET that. And… why I love everybody - I see their truth, often even when they don’t tell it. I love them at their heart - their truth, not their love. Wizard withwords is an apt name for you sir. Aho 🙏🏽
Yes! To me, love without truth is something other than love…..but still part of the journey
Well, that is/was, truthfully, refreshing. I find it curious too that part of a song I have been forever writing includes the line from the get go, "it's time to turn the tide, restore the river's course, let truth and love flow first again, strong and free and pure." I suppose I always thought of them as separate but now I'm beginning to understand they are not. Great post. What the world need now is truth, pure truth.
That's a powerful lyric, and what a perfect mirror to this moment. “Restore the river’s course” - yes. That’s exactly the work so many of us are being called to do now, whether through words, music, or the quiet daily act of living in alignment. And you’re right: truth and love aren’t separate. Truth IS love - just not the soft, people-pleasing kind. It’s the fierce, clear kind that liberates. That cleans the river. That makes space for what’s real.
Thank you for sharing this. Your words added something sacred to the conversation. Now, when do we all get to hear this song of yours?? xx
Thank you. That song? If the universe and I could get together and finish our collaboration (or sends me the right person to collaborate with)…but maybe soon, maybe this is the catalyst to help me finish the lyric and find a musician to put it to music. In the meantime, the full verse:
All of life is sacred is Eternal Truth.
The Way was hijacked long ago and suffer us today.
The time is Now to turn the tide, restore the river's course,
let Truth and Love flow first again,
strong and free and pure.
These words, to me at least, really do sum up where we are at in America, in the world, at this point in time. (Curious too that I capitalized words this way; I've not done that before today.)
oooh those words gave me tingles! Let Truth and Love flow first again, strong and free and pure. Perfection. I hope they make their way into song someday!
I absolutely resonate and LOVE this. Thank you x
I believe that REAL love can't really exist without TRUTH!
SURE, I want to be loved, but I prefer truth. I can work with truth, I can decide how I want to deal with truth.
I'm as guilty as the rest though at times though as I sometimes use love as a mask when I didn't want to confront the truth.
It's someone I'm working on.
Thank you for naming that. There’s so much power in being able to say, “I’ve worn the mask too.” Most people never even get there - they just keep performing love and wondering why it feels hollow.
Truth gives us something solid to stand on. Even when it’s uncomfortable, it gives us back our agency. And you’re right: real love can’t exist without it. Not the kind that heals. Not the kind that lasts.
Glad you’re walking this with me. 🙏🏼
Agreed! I was mainly raised by my grandmother and she didn't have everything right, but the truths she taught me. I'm so thankful she taught me to value truth.
My mother and grandmother both did the same for me. I can hear them even now in my mind saying "Always tell the truth, no matter what". But you know, as I've got older, I've realised telling the truth isn't just about our words. Sometimes when truth is hard we go to silence, and we feel good that we didn't lie with our words, but our actions were utterly false. Truth isn't just about telling - it's about being. Full embodiment. Head to toe, heart to mind to soul. That one is still a daily challenge. Walk in total truth, all day, every day. Now look at us both, making Grandma proud hehe xx
Yes, the full embodiment is hard, because my grandmother ALSO said, “if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all!” Lol! Regardless though, for me as I'm seeing it is for you, it's all a progression!
And I think that's true what you're grandmother said. Sometimes, silence really is golden. The challenge is not to betray that silence with actions that are not based in truth. And it's fun to have a challenge - we're not supposed to nail it all every day! Always growing, always progressing! Onwards! xx