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I'm insert name. I've been on this site for a couple of years.I love: playing music, reading, and Jolly Ranchers.
I hate: purple, avocados, and cults.
I tell: the truth.
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okay so im kinda in a rut and i was just wondering, can you guys give me advice on why its important to be grateful for everything you have? also can you give me some examples of where youve personally had to believe that. also, people always say to me every experience has a silver lining. any thoughts? also...what do you really believe in? and why? like...i believe that you should always treat others the way you would like to be treated. what do you think? any thoughts would be appreciated. im going through a hard time right now and i just need some advice on beliefs and values. thank you for your time.
I love that you listen to John Mayer, too.
Anyway, I personally believe in using my abilities and talents to help other people and make the world a better place. Even if it's just living my life to give someone an example or encouragement. I'm not too crazy about religion, but I am a spiritual person. We all have gifts and talents that we should be thankful for, because we can use them to make the world a better place. There are a lot of famous people who use their fame to spread messages about things that they care about, as far as charities and whatnot. So I think that people need to look beyond religion, color, nationality, etc. and just see that we are all the same. We need to understand each other more. If everybody would just communicate and contribute, things would be better.
So keeping with the theme of belief... in the song, the lyrics talk about how belief can be both good and bad. It's like, the reason people go to war is because of their beliefs and they just need to try to stand in each other's shoes. Like:
Belief is a beautiful armor
But makes for the heaviest sword
Like punching underwater
You never can hit who you're trying for
To me, that means that yes, belief is good- but if you force your beliefs on somebody else (the heaviest sword), then that's asking for trouble. And with the punching underwater thing, you end up hurting EVERYBODY else, even if you don't mean to.
And:
We're never gonna win the world
We're never gonna stop the war
We're never gonna beat this
If belief is what we're fighting for
That sums it up too. If we just force our personal beliefs on other people without first listening to them, nothing is going to change. It's only going to create turmoil.
So personal belief is good, but don't assume that everybody's going to accept your belief. However, if your personal belief prompts you to make a difference in someone else's life, that is the greatest belief of all.
(Rating: 5) Amazing answer. thank you so much. and i love the fact that you as well listen to john mayer. he is truly inspirational. keep on believing. thanks again. hope to talk to you again one day.