This I Believe
This I Believe
I believe that I’ve taken myself too seriously; and this attitude of egocentric significance has stifled my creativity and rational thought. I learned to abdicate critical reasoning to those who perpetuated the notion of my own importance. I suspended my critical thinking skills because I put my life in the hands of individuals who promised me something. What did they promise, and why did I believe them?
At some point in my life I understood that eventually I was going to die. It was a terrifying concept for someone who was so self-important. If I was truly significant, how could I simply end!? Certainly there must be more: a continuation beyond what I could see here on earth. There must be another life!
I believe that it was this notion that there must be more that lead me to affiliate with a religion, an organization that promised me something greater than the life I had. The religion emphasized my importance, promised to honor that importance with......
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