Leave the Old! Find the TRUTH

There comes a point in life when you realize that not everything you inherited was meant to be kept. Sometimes, these things are taught from the place of love; while others were taught and shown in fear and with fear.

It could even be because nobody stopped long enough to ask, “Is this actually true?”

And that’s how cycles are born.

We are taught things so early that they feel like facts.

“This is how it has always been.”

“This is just how life works.”

“This is how women survive.”

“This is how marriages last.”

“This is how you make money.”

“This is how God operates.”

No questions allowed.

I would like to tell you today that your growth will not start until curiosity replaces obedience.

Not everything old is wise. Some things are just old.

Don't confuse tradition with truth or loyalty with wisdom.

Stop defending beliefs that no longer make sense simply because your parents believed them, or your grandparents suffered through them, or your culture normalized them.

Because truth is, some of these things were taught were from a place of pain so the result would also be pain, silence, broken homes, suppressed dreams, and generations of people who survived but never truly lived.

Endurance was praised more than healing. Silence was valued more than understanding. Fear was confused for wisdom. And somehow, these things were confused to be normal.

The problem with never questioning what you were taught is that you end up repeating it, even when it hurts you and everyone around you.

You parent the same way. You love the same way. You marry the same way.

You worship the same way. You tolerate the same dysfunction.

Not because it is right, but because it is what you are used to.

Foolishness doesn’t always look loud. Sometimes it looks like routine.

And the scariest cycles are the ones nobody talks about.

Let me make something clear to you today.

Questioning that status quo is not rebellion.

Seeking understanding is not disrespect. Unlearning is not dishonor.

Relearning is maturity.

Truth welcomes questions. Lies feel threatened by them.

If a belief collapses under examination, it was never strong enough to hold your future anyway.

God is not afraid of your questions; because the faith that cannot be explored is not faith, it is fear showing up as religion.

This generation, we have a responsibility to pause and ask questions, challenge the norm.

Why do we believe this? Who taught us this? What fruit has it produced?

Does this align with truth, love, wisdom, and growth?

Some things will survive those questions. Others will not.

And that’s okay.

You are allowed to keep what is good and discard what is not. You are allowed to honor your ancestors without repeating their mistakes. You are allowed to build better, even if it looks different.

Breaking generational patterns often makes you look like the odd one out.

The “too deep” one.

The “changed” one.

The one who “thinks too much.”

But history is changed by people who thought deeply enough to say,

“I can do better.”

Every generation owes the next one clarity.

Not trauma. Not silence. Not inherited confusion.

One day, someone will look back and thank God you asked the questions nobody else dared to ask.

They will rest where your ancestors struggled.

They will heal where others endured.

They will live freely because you chose understanding over tradition.

And that is not betrayal.

That is legacy.

Because the goal is not to repeat the past.

The goal is to redeem it.