Writing your own truth is far more important than writing truth

I saw a woman post a quote on Instagram. <br><br>Buck O'Neil. <br><br>"And I tell you why we need for everybody's history because without history you wouldn't know what happened yesterday and how it will affect today and how it will effect tomorrow."<br><br>This is a fantastic quote. And usually I would save and reuse it. But the way she posted this quote was so much better. <br><br>She said "And I tell you why we need for everybody's history because without history you won't know what happened yesterday and how it will affect today and how it will effect tomorrow."<br><br>She wrote it in first person. And for some reason, left the last word as "effect" rather than "affect".<br><br>The quote was now hers.<br><br>The affects of social media have been so strong. <br><br>I've lost touch of what is real and what is fake. <br><br>When I see a quote, I assume it's not the person's original thought. These quotes often serve as the foundation for what we know to be true. Yet, it is written by another. <br><br>The way we speak of matters of the heart, and they say they are from the heart, but are they their own words? <br><br>A friend says "my best friend is my husband". Another says "I love my husband like a brother". A lot of other friends say the first.<br><br>Most of us are them. <br><br>Their words are our words. <br><br>I will close this post by just saying, don't be afraid to write your own words. Write your own truth.