addendum

I tend to do that. I buy things and return them. I am a returner.

I woke up this morning hoping to change or remove last night's entry. It kind of seemed a little bare and I'm not sure if I was able to say things accurately. More than anything, it was about getting things out of the system and thinking while writing. But it's kind of too late: it's been read and validated by comments so I think I'm going to leave it. Thank you for the comments. It has its faults; the entry betrays thought-patterns that need to be re-thought or modified. But it captures one moment of thinking; it is not closed to emendation.

I do want to add one thing, just in case the point slipped through the cracks. Scepticism does destroy Faith but like I said, I have also seen and experienced enough compassion, empathy, and love to know that Scepticism has not destroyed it completely. Nor can it ever. This is what I forgot to emphasise: over this past month, I have encountered true sincerity, expressed in actions of love, and have been overwhelmed. People are kind. People are sincere. People are compassionate. And all these moments prompt me to act in faith, to believe rather than question. And believing is accepting.

Posted on October 11, 2006 at 03:52AM