what we ought to believe.....

"Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in."

quote from the movie Second Hand Lions

I grew up believing these things as well

people

they are good underneath all that stuff

and

when their not good

well

folks are just human

and

that's all

good having a bad day.

I still want to believe it

even when I really wonder if it is correct

i do believe that underneath all

the masks we put on our face

all the spotty clothes we

put on to cover up who we are

underneath all

that stuff

lies a

core filled with goodness

courage

hope

underneath the spots

all of us have that

I sometimes am just not privy to see it all.

honor

courage

virtue

all that matters

all that shows who we are

how we live

who we will become

I do believe that

that is for sure

I just don't always share mine

and

I don't always trust the pool of another human's core---my thin line of scientific skeptism

invites me to doubt until proven right.

Power

power really gets one nowhere

but wrapped up and tied up

in the fight to get it and to have more of it.

Money

ah money if you have it does make life easier

less stressful

but

it certainly doesn't bring happiness

that is for certain.

and the old uncle on the show did get it right

Love never dies....real love never ever dies

it weaves around us

runs through us

over us

in us

and

while the

picture of love may change

even once

the liminal limits of death

overtake

the

connection

the

souls

the souls still hold tight

and

love grows

pulls one forward

propels us forward

as

the

invisible communion

of

saints passed

roots us on.

True or untrue

I agree

I agree with the uncle from this movie

it doesn't matter if

it is really truth

it matters

because that is worth believing.

I hope

my children

embrace

this philosophy

that

I have tried to embody in my life

there have been times

when

human kind has

pulled a veil upon

my naive belief system

but

even then

even then

and

even now

I believe

deep in the root of what created us

lies a pool of goodness

mercy

grace

and

love

love that does not end

and

that

that pool

flows from the beginning of time

and

ends with us

and

whether or not

"truth"

is part of it

it makes life

good

better

hopeful

and

so for today...

just for today

I believe...

and I hope you do to....

Have a great day

and

blessings...

The Radical Rambler