About a year ago I was walking down to my favourite haunt with my dearest friend. An elderly woman approached us and hands out a pamphlet from which she quoted.
“Without God, you will not survive”.
Generally speaking my brain pauses and ticks over in anticipation for an appropriately witted response, but today, genius rolls out of my mouth.
I handed the pamphlet back and announced, “I will survive. As long as I know how to love, I know I will be alive”.
My friend who is rarely rude mannered, walked away in fits of laughter, whilst I stood quite shocked and chuffed with my unusually quick witted response.
In most circumstances I would never knock down someone’s religious views, but, my words that day spoke true to me.
Here are my views that I will share without prejudice for you.
I believe that most religious groups often teach you to have faith in their god, but what they do not teach you is sufficient tools to have faith in yourself. Whilst your religious group may help to a degree YOU are the only person that ultimately aids in your own survival.
YOU are at the forefront of your life’s battles and adventures.
YOU, will always be there,
For you.
And that’s a certainty!
It took time but with work I found that I am my own chapel, because my own faith is within ME!
Personally, I cannot have faith in something that I have not physically seen, however, what I have seen is;
My own drive, endurance, strength, talents, passion and love for myself and others.
I will always have faith in that
Because I have always seen me through!
I will survive,
As long as I know how to love (me),
I know I will be ALIVE!
*This post contains my views. This post does not mean that I disrespect yours.
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