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To enter into the truth reality, you must first begin by reflecting on yourself through every detail of your life, and start learning lessons from the people, events, and things nearby. If you can learn lessons from the way people around you treat you, or from the matters and circumstances that befall you each day, that is, you can seek the truth and learn how to act according to principles, then you will be able to understand the truth, your life will grow. Some people often argue and try to defend themselves when they are pruned. This is very troublesome. They don’t have a submissive attitude, or an attitude of seeking the truth.

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If you want to obtain the truth, where do you start? Start with the people, events, and things around you, and learn how to learn lessons and seek the truth. It is only by seeking the truth and the intentions of God in the people, events, and things around you that you’ll be able to obtain the truth. You must learn to seek the truth and learn lessons in the small things you encounter. If you cannot learn lessons from the small things, you won’t be able to learn them from the big things, either. If you cannot learn your lessons, you will not progress in life. Progress in life is only achieved by learning lessons in everything.

from The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. To Gain the Truth, One Must Learn From the People, Events, and Things Nearby