belief/beliefs...



All religion boils down, I think,
to two beliefs:
    there is some ultimate significance
    in the universe
            AND
    there is some way of being connected to it.

That "ultimate significance" we call by many names,
for no one name can capture all the essence or
explain the unexplainable...
no word or set of words, no description will suffice...
but each of us settles on that one word which
resonates within the soul...
    and most often I choose "God" though
    "Spirit", "Breath", and "Source of Love"
    tumble from my lips at times, while
    at others there is no name at all-
                                  only silence.

As for connection, we must each find our own
connecting place, the place to hang our hat
of faith, or, in desperation, grasp a hand to
pull us out of life's perpetual mires...that link
which often stretches to the breaking point
yet holds us fast, reminding us that life is
not a sure and certain path laid to our own
expectations, but a risky business, filled with
blind corners and hidden perils- and
surprising joys.

And so, in faith, I stretch out my hand again today
    to touch and be touched,
    to hold and be held,
    to accept and be accepted,
    to love and be loved.
and breathe a prayer- Ah!
                            It is enough.

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