Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Credo Updated

I believe that things get better over time. Sure, we all have those moments where it seems that the darkness will never lift but I believe - I have to believe - that the sun will eventually shine again. I also believe that we all should learn to value those moments in the darkness for these moments oft lead to an appreciation of the light when it indeed returns to us. Also, I believe that we shouldn't take the light for granted because darkness is always lurking around the corner.

I believe that everyone should believe in something. I have so much respect for people who stand for something, even when that something is something that is contrary to something I believe. I do not respect people who don't believe in anything. Even if you don't believe in anything, i believe you should have a belief in that thing you are not believing in.

I believe in love. I believe that love does exist in many forms and that love is assessable to all that desire to have it. I am afraid of love. I am afraid of the path that love will lead me down. I am afraid of loving and even more afraid of being loved by someone who will have this undeniable, unshakable, everlasting love for me. I am afraid of hurting someone, especially when love is at state. I cannot bear the thought of hurting someone who truly loves me.

I believe in a higher power. I believe in God. I believe that he is watching, I believe that he is with us every moment of the day. I take comfort in this belief. It's the reason why I can lay my head down on my pillow and fall fast asleep without an overwhelming fear of the outside world. It's the reason why i can get in my car everyday and drive to work, to school. I believe that my connection to God is on a level that only he and I understand. I talk to him everyday and I request his guidance, his patience, his understanding and I trust that everything in my life is governed by his power.

I believe that life goes on and should go on even in moments where we wish that it would either cease or slow down.

I believe that children are perhaps the greatest aspect of life. Because of this, I fear children. I fear having children but that should not suggest that I wouldn't want to be a father. In fact, I would love to be a father but I am terrified of such. I realize that no parent is perfect. No child is perfect. I am scared that my actions and my direction will directly influence and shape my son or my daughter and perhaps lead them down a path that I fear is not a good path for them.

I believe that best friends are very rare. I have trouble trusting people and it's something that I wish I didn't have an issue with. A friend of mine believes that part of the problem with society is that people aren't 100% honest with each other. I don't agree with this at all. I don't care how hard you try but you will never know a person fully. This friend believes that with they know everything about the person who they are in a relationship. I don't think that's true. It's virtually impossible to know someone because to know someone completely means that you know their entire story, what they are thinking at every moment of the day, what they are feeling at every moment of the day, etc. Unless you are empathic and a psychic you could never know a person completely. With this said, I have trouble opening up to people completely. My mom says that everyone should have an air of mystery about them. That is something I do believe.

I believe that we should question things in life. Whatever beliefs or philosophies you subscribe to, we should always question what is being given to us. We should question our beliefs for I believe to so is to make your beliefs even stronger. We should question others' beliefs, though in a tactful manner, careful not to make their beliefs any less important than our own. We should take the time to step outside of our comfort zones.

I believe that there is no such thing as black and white. We like to file things away into neat, tight packages but what happens when you have a square peg and a round hole? When we can't neatly classify things, our worlds are thrown into chaos. We fear the things that force us to rethink everything we've ever known, whether it be our religious beliefs, our morals, our values, our ethics, etc. Those who fear the unknown, often act irrationally or with ignorance or prejudice. As long as we realize that there is a gray area out there, that should better prepare us for the unexpected.

I believe that all beliefs and all philosophies should be practiced. Nothing irritates me more than when I run into someone who talks and talks and talks without making action. We can sit around, contemplate the rotation of the earth around the sun, the change of the tides, the ins and outs of the universe, but in the end, it's all words, words with no action. What is really the point of sitting around talking about the should-haves, the would-haves, the maybes, the ifs, the ands, the buts, the could-haves, etc, if we aren't going to do anything about those elements?

I believe that everyone deserves a second chance. Perhaps even a third or fourth chance, depending on the situation.

I believe that you should always be able to go home, no matter where home is, no matter the circumstances.

I believe that patience is a thing most desired but rarely practiced.

I believe that we all have a destiny and whether we fulfill that destiny is completely up to us.

I believe the simple things in life are far superior to those of the complex variety. It is the reason why I love rainy Saturdays, afternoons reading a book, watching a movie with my family, listening to an old album, etc.

I believe the newer generation should respect and appreciate what the older generation has done. I believe the older generation should remember that they were once the newer generation and be more accepting of the ideas of the new generation.

I believe that music is the cure to everything cruel about this life. Music is the great equalizer, the universal language, the thing that is the same in all cultures. It can bridge the most foreign of cultures. I have never met anyone who dislikes music.

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