Monday, January 23, 2006

The Need To Believe

An inherent need of human beings is to have a belief system. But very few of us believe in ourselves. If we insist upon believing in something, as our natural tendencies compel us to do, let us believe in ourselves as individuals.

We must look within ourselves for the meaning of life, our own individual life, for where can we, or should we, look? Life contains only the quality and meaning that we as individuals choose to give it. In essence, there is no real meaning to life except that which we, as individuals, give it.

Individuals must think for themselves or they are no longer individuals. If they allow others to do their thinking for them, then they do not contribute their own unique perspective(s) to our society. They are merely members of the crowd.

My desire is to further the reaches of human nature and the total development of the human spirit to the point of self-actualization. We have the power to accomplish this within ourselves; we only need to choose to do so.

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