Showing posts with label answers to my own questions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label answers to my own questions. Show all posts

Thursday, September 2, 2010

What do you believe in?

I believe in love.
I believe in human beings' potential for magnificence.
I believe in striving neurotically for self-awareness and emotional honesty.
I believe in believing in magic.
I believe in art.
I believe in books.
I believe in music.
I believe in the possibility of true empathy.
I believe in fighting to preserve wonder and curiosity and playfulness and generosity of spirit (commonly known as being a child).
I believe in affection.
I believe in the right of all human beings to dignity, to the facts, to expression, to respect, to agency.
I believe in the quest of all human beings to trust and be trusted, to see and be seen, to grant and receive acceptance, to challenge and be challenged.
I believe in striving for honest communication.
I believe in honoring deep down truths.
I believe in the deep, wild, knowing, creative, burning self.
I believe in story.
I believe in kindness.
I believe in chasing questions.
I believe in stopping for beauty.
I believe in passionate looking (listening, tasting...)
I believe in savoring.
I believe in the intense pursuit of juice.
I believe in talking to trees.
I believe in the wisdom of nature.
I believe in the power of sanctuary.
I believe in transcendent connections.