by Sandra Elizabeth

Created on: May 14, 2009   Last Updated: July 11, 2009

In the animated movie "Finding Nemo", two clown fish (a father, whose name was Marlin, and his son Nemo). The two fish find themselves separated in the Great Barrier Reef. Long story short, Marlin goes on a quest to find his son. At the end of the movie, the two are reunited and everything is good in their under water world again but what if, let's just say, Marlin never found Nemo? Would he have swam those waters and pursued his quest for the rest of his life?

This description of finding truth is in relation to the latter scenario, as there are over 4 billion people on Earth and most of them are in hot pursuit of the truth. Does that mean that nothing will ever be good in our "above water" world again, if we don't find it? Will we spend the rest of our lives looking for truth; walking around chasing it? Marlin probably would have, had he not found Nemo (he was his beloved son) but "truth" is no one's beloved anything and many people are missing-out on things being good again, by not giving up the ghost, so to speak. Not only have they spent their whole life looking over their shoulder, they've dropped a lot of trust, faith and hope along the way, in their quest for truth and most of them never go back to retrieve any.

Of course, I'm using this analogy based on their titles; the only thing that Helium's title "Finding Truth" and the movie's title "Finding Nemo" have in common is the quest. The drive is the same; the courage, the need but rarely does its outcome coincide with the movie's reunion scene between the two fish. In reality's script, everything is seldom good in our world again, after we find it but that doesn't stop us from searching for it. I wonder, would Marlin have risked his life to find Nemo if he had known the truth? (If that question has you wondering what that truth was, you're a true truth seeker.)

Don't worry so much about finding truth and go home; find some good in your "above water" world and enjoy your short life. There is no need for you to waste your time running all over looking for it anyway; the truth has a way of sneaking up on people, it'll find you on its own. In the meantime, stop looking, live and be grateful that there are truths out there that you don't know. Not knowing something doesn't label you a fool, ok maybe it does but think about it; would you rather look back on your life and relish in the fact that the truth turned you into a miserable, cynical SOB or would you rather look back and relish every wool pulled over your eyes moment?

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