Truth comes with a high price in today's society. I used to take it for granted, that all T.V. comertials for example, were true. The I learned that cheese wasn't made by the Dairy Fairy, and I realized that the truth is somehting you have to look for. This was illustrated through "The Blind men and the Elephant". All of the blind men didn't know what the elephant really was, and they didn't find out, they just looked at what was in plain view in front of them and thought it was what an elephant truthfully was. Another example is the "Allegory of the Cave". The people in the cave didn't know the truth of what the world was, they only kn ew what was in the cave. Truth is an important idea in society today and unfortunately, it is not very prevelent.
The Five foundations of faith, written by Mr. Matthew Sciuto, is a "moral system conducive to our growth and happiness." The Five Foundational Lessons are:
1)I am necessarilly and unavoidably making decisions all the time. These can and do affect me, others andmy world. By these decisions, I am determining who I am and the Person I will become.
2)I see the world through "colored lenses". I am necessarily and unavoidably(to a greater or lesser degree) biased.
3) The value judgements I make determine my action. My menatal health and happiness(and often those of many others)rests on the validity of these value judgements
4)Any change in the particular beliefs that controlmy approach to life cannot help but modify and change my life. It will affect the quality and texture of all I expierience.
5) The most significant decisions I amke in life need to be faith decisions I make in life need to be faith decisions. Faith is an opinion based on evidence to which I am committed.
Gale sayers once said "Hustle, Loyalty, and respect are the three ideals to live by. This may be true for a Hall of fame rtunning back trying to achieve physical dominance. As for the rest of us the Five foundational lessons will help us grow mentally just as hustle will help muscles grow physically.
Hubris, the Greek word meaning arrogance, now means the ideal that "it wont happen to me" common amongst teenagers. I admit I don'tthink thinks will happen to me. this is reflected in the way I drive and prepare for tests. I will be fine today, ok tommorow, but someday it will catch up to me. I won't intentionally get into a car accident, or fail English class, but just because I don't think it will happen to me, i will not be prepared, and then it will happen. Everytime something happens to anyone, that person was probably saying that morning, "it won't happen to me"
