No one man knows the complete truth. It is that simple. Ever wondered why you suffer so much? Because you only know bits and pieces of the truth when you live from your ego.

That is the situation, as Vernon Howard used to say, but what is the solution? According to him, the ego must be seen through and that is a very difficult thing for the ego to do. (Insert knowing smile).

As a writer, I try and tell my own version of the truth. It is not everyone’s cup of tea, mainly because it is not sweet enough.

I suffer throughout my limited life here on earth. I numb the pain by eating sugar and watching TV and working crossword puzzles.

In spite of that, nothing works to relieve my pain.

I used to think that self-realization would do the trick, but that is not true, either.

I am left with my suffering and its inevitable affect on others in my orbit.

If you are still reading, I am about to go in a different direction, so bear with me.

I have to know that I am wrong. Nothing else will work to lift the pain. I cannot be right because that will make me smug and useless. Everyone hates a know-it-all.

Once I confess that I am wrong about everything, a glimmer of hope arises.

Now I am accepting the mystery of life with its inevitable ups and downs.

You are the witness of these ups and downs.

You see with your own eyes and feel with your own heart.

The great mystery of life is hidden for a reason.

Love conquers all. Love conquers the opposites in which there was a me and a you.

No more suffering.

No more you.

Vicki Woodyard