What and how you write, how long it is, and the medium you
choose to use express your ideas in reveal your relationship to
your beliefs. Every time you sit down to write is an opportunity
for you to use your beliefs to inspire your best work. As part
of the human family, we share many truths. How we express them
depends on nature and nurture, the family and culture we grow up
in, our vision, our personalities, our creative gifts, and how
we see our mission. The Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes believed that truth is what we can’t help believe. People
made tools 1.7 million years ago, painted caves and invented the
flute 35,000 years ago, and built religious sites 9,000 years
ago. Like us, they were born to be free and to create tools to
communicate their truths in words, music and art. Truths I Can’t
Help Believe Seven decades have brought me these irreducible
truths: - Pain may be an early warning sign. It helps us learn
and grow, but most of the time, it only hurts. - Injustice and
unjustified su