Believing and Faith

So  I decided today to write about two of my favorite words. I think the only word that ranks higher for me then believing and faith would be love. Not sure why those two popped in my head today, but here it goes.

To believe in something or someone is a very special thing. It means for some reason you decided to put your faith into whatever or whoever you decided to believe in. Sometimes we believe in something, because of something we saw or heard. Sometimes it is due to something we feel. Whatever it is that causes us to believe in someone or something we all have our believes. There are people who believe in God and there are those who don't. Most people believe in what scientists and doctors tell us and yet there are some people who still question what those people say as well. People who are married I hope believe in the person they are married to. Otherwise I am not sure how their marriage will work. I think the most special kind of belief is when we believe in someone or they believe in us.

I believe anyone can achieve whatever they want to. It doesn't matter what it is. All they need to do is believe in themselves, try to achieve it, and keep trying for until they do. That is why when someone says they want to do something I always tell them I know they can do it and I believe in them. Well actually maybe there are somethings people can't achieve. If you want to be a big singer and you can't sing then I would say that would be hard to overcome. Mainly due to the fact that singing can only be learned to a point. Most of it has to do with talent. Everything else I am fairly certain you can find a way to make it work if you really want to. It is just a matter of being willing to find that way to make it work.

Faith is a powerful thing. Someone's amount of faith in something can affect how they handle things or what happens in their life. My faith is in God. That isn't to say that yours has to be, but that is where I have chosen to put mine. The reasons I have done this go deeper than my upbringing. Honestly if it was completely due to my upbringing I am not sure I would believe in God nor would I have as much faith in God. My faith in God comes from something deep inside me. Whenever I have been scared or something bad would happen I would pray to God or talk to him. I still do. Every single time a peace would come over me and I would know everything would be alright. The problem might still be there, but I knew I would find the solution or it would work itself out. Some of my friends would say that is the power of positive thinking and maybe they are right. I don't doubt positive thinking has its points. For all I know maybe that is what it was, but for until I know differently I am going to believe it was God. You see I don't claim to know the answers or hold any special keys. What I do claim is to have Faith in God and to believe he loves me. I don't usually talk about my religious believes with people due to I get tired of people who say they believe the same as I do getting mad at me for trying to keep them from shutting other people out. The sad thing is that I have had more civilized conversations about religion with people of different believes than me than I have had with people of the same believe. I think it is because I don't like it when people act like they have all the answers and everyone else is wrong. None of us have all the answers. All any of us have is our faith and beliefs. Some of us have unwaivering blind faith and others of us say we believe while we secretly doubt that believe. Then there are those who admit they don't know what the truth is. All they know is what they think they know to be right.

When I started this particular writing I wasn't sure what I was going to write, but I know I was planning on writing what I did. I thought I would come up with some great philosophical definition of believes and faith. Yet here I am saying I have my believes and I know where I have my faith. If you don't agree that is fine with me. Please let what I and other people believe be fine with you. If it doesn't hurt anyone than why should it matter what someone believes. I know someone will probably say the Bible says to spread the word of God, but Jesus also said to lead by example. If you lead by example then your neighbor will come to you and ask you about me. When he does then tell him. If you live what you believe people will ask. They always do, but if you preach to unwilling ears then they won't want to hear what you say. There isn't a person alive that wants someone to force something on them. We all want to be free. It is alright to discuss what you feel and please do feel passionate about whatever you believe. That is what makes faith and believing as powerful and wonderful words as love. All three of them are based on something you can't touch, but we all share. They may come in different ways and they maybe in different things, but we all love, believe, and have faith in someone or something. We are all human at the core. All we have to do is look past those differences to see how similar we all are.  We all have a story. Please the next time you end up talking about someones believes or what they have faith in stop for a moment and listen. It may not be your belief or faith, but you still may learn something. I may be a Christian, but I have learned more about my own religion from people who have different believes. Also my friends of other believes have given me words of wisdom that have carried me through some hard times. They didn't degrade my believes or take from them. Instead they helped me with what they knew. It is due to all the things I learned that I love hearing about other people's believes. I have had friends who believed in all kinds of different religions. Maybe their religion wasn't my particular taste, but it didn't mean that there wasn't something to be gained from it. Just a thought.

Ok I rambled here and maybe I stepped over some bounaries, but maybe someone found something here. Maybe someone has found the ability to open their heart and mind to someone they held it closed to before. Again I am not sure why I wrote this. I could have written about homeless people or about something else. Yet today this is what came out. Maybe someone needed. Maybe I needed it for some reason. Not sure. I just hope someone other than me found something.