Truth is what it is. Changeless. Eternal.

Lies may be told and believed as truth for centuries. This doesn't change whatever is the truth.

New lies may be told today. These do not change whatever is the truth.

I do realize that opinions and interpretations of what is understood as truth will be as varied as the number of individuals voicing their opinions and interpretations. This was true centuries ago and I suspect, will likely be true in future times as well.

I think the quest to understand truth is an individual life journey. I can only answer what I myself understand of truth. I think the same is true for all who write about what they understand of truth. And even then, the challenge is in finding the words to express the spiritual meaning of that which is spiritual.

Christian author, Mary Baker Eddy, wrote about this challenge. She said English as well as all other languages are "inadequate to the expression of spiritual conceptions and propositions, because one is obliged to use material terms in dealing with spiritual ideas."

So the search to understand truth continues. And in our search, we question, consider, ponder, explore the possibilities of truth and what it means in our lives. We want to know truth. We long for the most perfect and accurate truth there is in every aspect of our lives. Be it in science, manufacture, art, religion — or history.

Perhaps this is because of our innate spiritual nature. With a God of truth as our Creator, it would be natural for us to be drawn toward the nature of our source — perfect truth. For us to desire to understand who we are and our purpose for being.

Truth never changes. But clearly, our understanding of truth does. And it should. It's called progress. Growth. And that's life.