Truth can mean whatever you want it to mean. It is a concept of relativity, meaning you can percieve any situation how you please, and create your own truth for that moment or situation. It is up to the individual to use facts to make a rational truth assessment, however it is sooooo tempting to take opinions and speculations and make them truth. If you have a really fanciful imagination like I do, you are likely to be living out several truth scenarios at the same time. For example, sometimes I dream about things that seem like reality (ie conversations with people I know, in dream places that look like the real places I hang out), and even upon waking, I am still tempted to believe that these dreams are part of reality. Like if I'm on bad terms with someone (like that ever happens, pshh), and I dream a good dream about them, I can suddenly feel as if we are not on such bad footing. I might even be tempted to kiss and make up. My toolbox is full of all kinds of mental tricks for altering the truth to fit my needs of the moment. Today I might be confident, tomorrow depressed, the next day happy, the next night doubtful... all these changes in mood and faith seem to be related to my idea of what is true.
So, I'm giving up on finding truth, and have decided to search for the only thing with meaning in this life: beauty. Some say they are the same thing, but I see it like this. Truth is a fluid state, subject to change based on feelings of the moment. Beauty IS those feelings of the moment. When we see reality, the only part of it that can be trusted is the beauty. The chaotic, disorganized, mysterious, relentless beauty that we call life.
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