Is your life story the truth? Yes, the chronological events are true. Is it the whole truth? No, you see and judge it through your conditioned eyes and mind - not of all involved - nor do you see the entire overview. Is it nothing but the truth? No, you select, share, delete, distort, subtract, assume and add what you want, need and choose to. Rasheed Ogunlaru
About This Quote

This quote is about the way we create and live our lives. It is a very good statement because we take the truth and we make it our own. We can make it out to be more or less than what it really is. In this case, the truth is that you can’t just change one thing at a time. Your life will never be the same if you do not deal with all of your issues at once.

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