The Challenge Of Standing For Your Beliefs
Determining Where You Have Rooted Yourself In A World Of Darkness
The Challenge Of Standing For Your Beliefs
Determining Where You Have Rooted Yourself In A World Of Darkness
Written by a human, for humans, always.
We live in a difficult world.
One where things often appear to be misaligned.
Groups of people...
Who set themselves against each other.
Experiences we have...
Which leech into unrelated events.
Beliefs that we hold to...
That we are told to stand for...
But which are not always right.
This becomes a real challenge.
If you stand for something...
Are you brave for doing so?
Or are you a monster?
Will people understand?
Or will they slander you and say things you do not believe?
Will you change hearts?
Or will you harden their hearts?
Will you create unity through those beliefs?
Or will you expand the chasm?
Are you expressing the light?
Or have you unwittingly become an agent of darkness?
Are you standing for the right things...
But doing it in the wrong ways?
Or are you standing for the wrong things...
But doing it with the best of intentions?
These are the questions that must pour through our minds when we make a decision to stand for our beliefs.
We tend to believe that it is the heroes who are those who stand for their beliefs...
But fail to see...
That villains often do the exact same.
How do you know...
Which you are...
When both heroes and villains stand proudly for their beliefs?
How do you know...
Which you are...
When both will claim that the other is wrong?
How do you know...
Which you are...
When both fail to understand each other’s motivations?
How do you know...
Which you are...
When both are willing to die for what they believe?
Perhaps...
What is equally important...
Is whether you are willing to face the consequences...
If you are wrong?
Will you be able to live with yourself...
Truly...
If you are wrong?
Many people claim they will...
While simultaneously...
Being unable to sleep at night...
While constantly living their lives in fear...
With anxiety...
With doubts.
If the beliefs you hold were truly true...
Would they not create peace in your life?
You would be able to plant yourself by the pure river of truth...
Becoming unmovable...
A great tree that tells others that you will not step aside.
Yet...
So many in life...
Have planted themselves in places...
That does not have water...
That has been polluted and diseased...
And they have adapted...
Not in health...
But in ignorance...
Believing that there is no other source...
That where they are...
Is the only place they can survive...
And the tree they become is emaciated and rotten...
Unable to produce fruit...
Not in their lives...
Or in the lives of others.
I have watched pure streams become tainted...
I have seen good trees begin to decay...
I have watched as the fruit that once provided for so many...
Became the source of sickness and pain when we failed to see the darkness creep in.
I have watched so many fail to reevaluate whether they were still on the right path.
I have watched as ideals became twisted in ways they were never designed to be.
I have watched invasions of boundaries continue to push with the hope of bringing destruction upon others.
I have watched all of these be done...
In the name...
Of standing for their beliefs.
It is true...
That if those who are good fail to stand for their beliefs...
That darkness will push to take hold.
Yet...
If the beliefs we stand for are not truly pure...
Then we risk destroying the world around us...
And ourselves.
You must stand for your beliefs...
But...
It is equally important to ensure that you are absolutely certain that your beliefs are pure...
That they bring you peace in your life...
And if you find that you do not have peace...
Perhaps...
A reason exists.
To Your Sageship,
Cody
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