Hi, have you ever felt unsettled, like you're
not quite sure what to hold on to, or wondered
what you can really trust to be true? I know
I have. Surprisingly, math gives us insight into
these questions, which we will explore this week.
Last week, we focused on certainty and saw that
certainty can be helpful. It gives us clarity.
But we also saw Certainty can limit us. When
we become too certain, we can stop listening,
stop exploring, and stop growing. So it raises
the question, if certainty can limit us, what
can we trust? Because we do not want to live
in a world where everything is uncertain. We
do not want everything to be shifting, unstable,
and up for debate. We want something solid. We
want something that holds. We want these things,
but wanting these things does not mean that they
exist. So this leads to the question, is there
truth? What is it and why does it matter? That's
our focus for this week. We live in a world with
a lot of noise, a lot of opinions, a lot of perspectives,
and a lot of uncertainty. Anxiety. Because when
everything feels uncertain, it's difficult to
know where to stand. But truth does something
really good. It gives us boundaries. Not walls
that trap us, but structure that holds us. Like
the lines on a field that define the game. shared
understanding. Math gives us a picture of this
shared understanding. In math, when something
is proven to be true, it does not shift with
opinion. It does not change based on who is looking
at it. It holds. And that kind of truth creates
confidence. Not the confidence that says, I know
everything, but the kind that says, I have something
solid to build on. And that matters because without
truth, we drift. But with truth, we have something
to stand on and something to build from. For
me, the truth of math is something incredibly
beautiful. It draws me in rather than repels
me away. Now, you may have a different perspective
of math. maybe one that involves stress or pain.
This week, I want to change that story so you
see math as an invitation to beauty, a voice
of reason that is comforting, and a structure
that is breathtaking. And once you picture that,
the goodness of truth will flow like honey. So
my question today is, do I see truth as something
that draws me in or sends me away?