Au contraire, mon ami, speaking your truth is “a thing” — a very important “thing” — in everyone’s life. Censoring that “thing” particularly in our most important relationships — the most important of which is our relationship with ourselves — is a primary cause of mental illness.

Part One: in the abstract

Let’s start with fundamentals of epistemology.

That is to say, one of the most influential theoretical discoveries in the late 17th century, Isaac Newton's exploration of the force of gravity, turns out to be relative to one’s location in space.

Once you get outside of the world directly accessible to our senses, (at least the usual five physical senses), the world of physics kinda goes "haywire."

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Retired professor, feminist, writer, photographer, activist, grandmother of 5, overall Wise Woman. Phd UIA School of Journalism & Mass Communication, 1994.

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Georgia NeSmith

Retired professor, feminist, writer, photographer, activist, grandmother of 5, overall Wise Woman. Phd UIA School of Journalism & Mass Communication, 1994.