Faith, spirituality, the Id, self vs. true self, religious, existentialist, soul-searcher, lost.

Why have we fallen privy to a society that puts such enormous pressure on the importance of being branded, labeled, and trademarked?

Who are we really? I know I am not what I do or what I drive or what I wear and I am not just the name that I use to introduce myself. I know I am not a size 0 or a super model. I know I am not hungry right now because I just had lunch and I know that there are a lot of things about life and living that I just don’t know yet.

I know that bad things happen to good people and children die of illnesses we can’t cure. Some things are unexplainable and painful. Some things make us laugh but someone else won’t think it’s funny. Some days will be better than others. Some people go through there whole lives never wondering about anything and that’s okay too.

I’m not one of those people. I am what you might call the W Chaser. I’ve always wanted to know the who, what, why, when and where of every little thing.

Is what we are, based on a belief system that we learned from our parents, read in a textbook, or in an advertisement while riding the A train? Is there a chart for the system or a graph or something along the lines of the periodic table?

Maybe we are meant to devise the meaning as it pertains to us now, today, in this moment?

Research finds that a belief system can refer to a life stance, a religion, a world-view, a philosophy and an ideology. So what? Do we study the individual beliefs and choose one? Or can we subscribe to all of it, you know, kind of like the One World Alliance and we would get travel points?

What if we just choose to be a “believer”. I am a believer in all things tangible or intangible. A believer in a higher power, in Judaism, in God, in Kabbalah, in philosophy, in science, in Buddhism, in the Universe, in love, and in myself.

If we believe, then we can have the wonderment of a child, faith in change, and embrace the unknown. We will have an uplifted spirit so that we can try to lift someone else’s and our Id will know true balance. If we become true to our inner nature then we can be devoted to the greater good of purpose. If we continue our development as individuals and embrace our courage to better ourself as a human beings then maybe we’ll encounter the necessary fulfillment to help make this world a better place.

We just need to believe in our family, friends, and even strangers. Good-will toward others. We need to believe that our plants will grow and the sun will shine and the fish will swim and that a smile will always brighten someone’s day.  One person really can make a difference if we believe in each other and in ourselves. Our potential for greatness is limitless, if we believe

Do you?