YA Outside the Lines

               What is the truth, really? It's a strange question, but one worth asking. We spend our lives chasing truth, defending truth, demanding truth from others. Yet most of us tell ourselves stories every single day that simply aren't true:                  I'm not smart enough.                I'm not attractive enough.                I'm too old.                I'm too young.                Nobody wants to hear what I have to say.                Those stories feel true. We repeat them often enough that they become part of our belief system. But are they facts? Or are they just lies we've grown accustomed to believing?            ...