What do you believe in?

Have you ever thought about what you believe in? This topic came up after one of my friends decided to take his own life…and he lives opposite my condo. I was scared shitless half the time and didn’t want to come home or stay home or look outside the window. Scared mah! One morning (1 or 2 in the morning), I placed a call to my sister and just uttered, “Very scared wor. How?”

Next morning, my mother dropped by my house with her religious paraphernalia and started asking me to pray whenever I feel scared. *LOL*. She meant well and the religion did help her get over difficult moments in her life and being her daughter, she definitely wants the best for me (as kick-ass naughty as I was with her during my teens). I really appreciated that. Then recently, I chatted with a friend in another country who used to be my school friend. He mentioned being actively involved in church and other stuff he believed in.

Which brought me around to blogging about this. What do I believe in since I don’t have a religion? I agree that religion is an important aspect to living because religion, irregardless of your choice, fills a person with hope when one is down. It lifts when one is falling.

So, since I am religion-less, I asked myself, “Marsha, what do you believe in?” Although I don’t have a certain MAKER that I completely believe in (I am a very sore and hopeless cynic), these are the things that I believe in and they all keep me happy and alive.

Myself. Number one. I believe that a person can do anything if that person put his or her heart into it. Every single cell in his or her body must pulsate with passion. This is something I strongly believe in.

Music. I’ve said this to some people before….my obsession with music and singing is indescribable. Music gives me strength. Music changes my mood. I can create music to change my mood therefore; I consider music to be one of the most powerful healers in the world.

Dreams….er…the ones you have when you’re conscious and kicking office workers’ asses! I have been using this statement for the longest time which is “Dreams make the soul, without the soul, the body is nothing. So Live Your Dreams….”. To me, this is a very strong statement and it led me into making unorthodox decisions in my life…decisions that stunned many people. But to me, without a dream, there’s no point in living. Without a dream, it’s like existing and not living.

Charity. I believe in Karma which explains why I don’t like to blab about the bad things that other people did in front of others. Anyway, doing good to others is something I really believe in…not to get something back in return but to get that emotional fulfillment of being co-humans. That….it helps you find peace with others and yourself as well.

Life. Everyone should belief in life….in living. Live well, live good and live happy.

You. I believe in every one of you because in some ways, you have enriched my life and even if you’ve just dropped by this blog, it doesn’t matter. I see you come in and you’ve enriched my life in that way.

Stargazer - Stretch Those Sides

I have been doing this pose, part of Cosmic Dance (a type of yoga, I am assuming), called Stargazer pose without knowing it is called Stargazer's pose a lot in the past. You see, sometimes, I don't follow the rules and come up with my own stretches and poses. It is fun. I have on some music, nice, soothing music or just anything I can click on. Then I go with the flow, letting my hair down. Just moving to the music...and that is when I come up with the above Stargazer's pose. This pose really stretches your sides. Keep your eyes on the outstretched hand if you are keeping it pointed to the top, as if you are waving or connecting to a higher energy from the Universe. Your arms will ache a little but hey, toned arms, here you come! :-) For those who want a bigger stretch, it is safe to slowly and gently move the lifted hand towards your back...don't overdo it, listen to your body's complaints and respect it. You don't have to prove anything to anyone, reme...

Maid Side-Kick

I was kind of a little sad when I read the news about this - there will be no live-in Indonesian maids in Malaysia anymore . There are pros and cons to having a live-in maid, as with everything else, but for us, we enjoyed more pros than cons. Back then, when my kids were little, we brought in a family of maids to help with...well, just about everything, and we were like two families merged into one. They ate what we ate, we sleep, they sleep, we shop, they shop, they joke, we laugh, we joke, they laugh...for me, the maid I hired was more like a sister and side-kick to me. For that few years, I was dependent on her to mind-read my schedule and when I need or don't need help. She picked things up quickly and we ended up having lots of moments whereby we were in sync. Today, two of them are on my Facebook and we were gleefully chatting over Facebook Messenger since they've just discovered the wonders of the Internet and Social Media. Since we were more like partners in crim...

Drunk People Cannot Make Comments on Blogs

OK, here's the thing with this image thing....you don't want people to design robots or programs or spiders or cockroaches or whatever to spam blogs and websites. I understand that. In fact, I am all for it. It's annoying to have spambots come in and post one liners like.... Can't get it up? Try this website. Top quality Viagra for low pricing. Value discount if bought inbulk. Or the most common ones would be.... Want a completely paid-for holiday with your family and coming home to a villa beside the sea before taking a spin in your luxury car. Then you have to read this! It's amazing! Within three weeks, you will get $32,000 in your account. Within a month, whether you like it or not, we'll bank in $65,498 into your bank account. Within six months, you're a f*%#@* royalty. I don't like that....and I assuming you don't like that either, right? If you have a popular blog, you get even worse stuff like hate mails, awful comments or people who ...

Jamie said…

well cuz, in this case, u ARE your own MAKER.

personally I feel that religions provide guidelines for one to do good. I also believe that God potrays Himself/Herself/Itself in different forms in order to get thru to different sets of people. Therefore, I believe that there is only ONE God. I hope I don't get cruxified for this statement because no God in any religion teaches its followers to do bad things....He/She/It only guide the followers towards the path of goodness.

FYI cuz, I am a Buddhist by birth and a Catholic by marriage but I still drop by the Burmese and Siamese temple to pray whenever I am back in Penang. Wifey understands my reasoning and I respect her deeply for this.

Anyway, the above is of my personal opinion ONLY and nothing else. I would like to end this comment with respect to others by saying that:

I agree and accept everyone's beliefs and I aprofusely apologise if the above comments has by no way of intention, insulted the beliefs of Marsha's readers.

2 every1 his/her OWN..

p.s.
KNN cuz, you got me walking in a minefield now...bugger!!!

October 28, 2007 at 1:14 AM

Anonymous said…

what minefield?? hee hee hee.....but you are right. I believe (maybe) that's there's one God, maybe only one and it doesn't matter what religion you belong to because every religion teaches the same thing. do the right thing, be good to human beings, your brothers, forgive your enemies...etc.

you din say anything to offend anyone leh. My faith is even more offensive than your comment lor.

But we dont mean to offend anyone. Just as long as everyone believes in their own God and do good things, then it's enough. The world is already a better place that way....instead of harming others, killing your brothers, putting bombs in cars or sending planes crashing....you know. religion supposed to be good. not bad.

October 29, 2007 at 10:30 AM

You know, I just found out the suicidal death of your friend had affected me more that I thought. Ever so often, I found myself wondering how hopeless he must have felt before reaching to that decision and what could have given him the final push to do what he did. And I also thought of Leslie Cheung, who had loved ones and therapy and still couldn't cope.

I have an online friend who had been having problems and feeling depressed. All I could think of was not to allow her to think she was alone and that there are people who truly cared for her. Over and over again I stressed that she should never give up on life and that there is always a solution to any problem. At the back of my mind,I just kept thinking of that poor soul who felt he had no other choice but take his own life and that the world had no place for him.

I am thankful that I have never been in that dark and scary place before. Bouts of mild depression yes, but never so deep until there was no way out but death.

Sometimes I worry about you. You, my dear are strong in the presence and love of your boys. But should there ever come a time where they may be taken away from you and you feel the only way to go is to 'take' them with you and 'leave', please don't. I will do whatever I can to help you. I'll give you money to fight for them. Just don't give up, okay?

Sorry if I'm being so morbid. I just feel like I need to say or do something, instead of just brushing things aside, thinking it will never happen. You know, just in case..

October 30, 2007 at 3:14 PM

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