What do I believe?

What do I believe?

A friend recently asked me, "If you don't believe in God, then what do you believe in?"  I believe in many things including a form of God.

I believe in a supreme being.  I don't believe in evolution.  I think we were created and place here by someone, not necessarily "the God."

I believe in the power or prayer.  The brain is an amazing organ.  I believe when a group of people pray together, they have power to do almost anything including heal other.

I do not believe in Heaven or Hell.  I believe this life is it.  This is all we get,  You need to love it and live it a fully as possible.

I believe in reincarnation.  Only a few people seem to be able to remember past lives, but I believe there is enough proof to show it exists.

I believe you experience many hardships in life and no one can really prepare you for them, or protect you from them.

I believe in the goodness and evil of other people.  I know there are good, sweet, sincere and passionate people out there who will help you when you need it.  I also believe there are very unhappy people out there who want nothing more than to be hateful and ugly to others all their lives.

I believe children give you a joy and love unlike anything else.  I believe they can also give you heartbreaks that never heal.

I believe America is the best place in the world to live.

I believe in caring for your elderly parents, yourself.  They took care of you for twenty years, and then it's your turn to take care of them.

I believe in true love.  When you find the right person for your partnership of love, everything is better.  You don't fight with each other; every day of love with them is like the first day you met; you want to be with each other all the time no matter what; you are each other's best friends; you are happy with them, all the time.  I know this is true because I wasted 30 years with a man I loved dearly but who did not love me.  We fought constantly, then settled into apathy for each other.  But my true love is my most wonderful love, even after ten years, I want only him and no one else, and he feels the same.

I believe you get cancer because you inherited the cancer gene from someone in your family tree.  I believe you are destined to get certain illnesses like cancer, diabetes, heart disease, etc., just because you have the gene for it.  I do not believe you can change that with eating habits, exercise, or anything else.

I believe very excellent parents can raise five children the same and have one or even two turn out to be juvenile delinquents.  I also believe a bad parent or alcoholic or drug addicted parent can raise five children and have 2-3 turn out to be excellent children.  I believe, whether a child turns out good or bad has very little to do with how they are treated and raised.  It's in the disposition of the child to become the person they become.

I believe parents should never have to deal with the death of their child.  It's an ungodly hurt that one never recovers from.

I believe there are cures for many diseases like cancer, obesity, AIDs, etc., that the government keeps to themselves so the medical industry can continue to make money from their treatments.

I believe there are excellent doctors, mediocre doctors, and stupid doctors.  Pray you get an excellent one.