Faith

posted by Ayla

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I believe in you and me.

I believe in our capacity to do great things. I believe that we can create and destroy. I believe that we have the power to change the world. I believe that our decisions, indecision, and non-decisions actually shape the world.

I believe that love, kindness, and compassion were born when we decided to be selfless. Forgiveness, bravery, and courage sprung when we realized we were free.

I believe that we can do miracles. A sleight of the hand can bring a smile to a child's face. A helping hand can build a family a home.

I believe that when a person goes on a spiritual journey, he actually finds himself, not God.

I believe that if there is such a thing as the divine, there is no need to look up above, or elsewhere. Look at me; see through me. You and I, we are equal.

You gaze in wonderment at stars and search endlessly for beautiful love because that is who you are- a poet, a storyteller. But, not everyone will share your muse.

See this. We are the same yet we are different. That, in itself, is beautiful.

I know of a black man who changed the world in November. I heard of a woman who saved her charge in the middle of gunfire. And I've long read of a man who preached tolerance and died on the cross.

If God is anything beautiful, then I believe he, she, or it exists. He was the black man who became president. She was the brave nanny. He was the one crucified.

Look at me. There is no need to look elsewhere.