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.
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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!!!
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.
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..