Who is God: A Careful Definition of Who We Are to Me.

How to start such a serious matter? My definition of an entire people laid before you to be dissected. I suppose some will disagree with the things I have to say. Some will be offended and not wish to read further. I would say I do not write this for those who would turn away but that would not be the truth. I write this as much for those that will not hear me as to those that will. My hope is that someone will embrace these ideas and nurture them as I am trying to do. Someday, after much care and work, we may have a beautiful garden together.

I am a firm believer that no one hears often enough how wonderful they truly are. So, I want to start by saying how amazing I think you are. I hold you higher than anything else I know. I want more than anything for you to remember that next time you fall on hard times or you are feeling down. In this world, there are people who honestly care for you. There are people that want for nothing but to see a smile light up your face. I want you to know that you are beautiful and oh so bright no matter how the darkness surrounds you.

I know that parts of me struggle. I feel it. I feel that old pull of frustrations and disappointment sometimes. I know that I will occasionally fail at all I am trying to do. I am prepared to feel desperate and hopeless. I cannot prepare for the time I will spend being laughed at and mocked for my way of thinking. I know I will face opposition.

Walking the path is a difficult task. The struggle is the desire to react and hold a grudge. It is difficult to forgive and make it like nothing ever happened. To contain love, forgiveness and understanding in your heart every day is exhausting. It seems strange to me though, I find it is much more difficult now to deny these things than to live them.

I feel, you need to know the source of all the confusion that leads us further from the truth, is us. It is our inability to remember what we are and the power we hold over everything. It is our forgetfulness that leads us astray from the true path. We forget to often all that we can be. We can make life seem so terrible but if we were to be honest with ourselves, every day is a beautiful day. Every day is not to be discovered but to be created by our own hands.
This is where I may lose readers. I have found that it is often our faith that drives us from happiness. It is not faith that has driven us away, but our faith in the wrong hands.

To grow, we must learn. We must learn, even if it is only to learn we were wrong. If you are still with me, I want you to know, it is not my desire to lead you from God. It is simply my wish that you give careful thought to that which you believe and the manner in which you do so. It is my hope that you will remain true to the wonderful values you have learned through your faith. I wish you to lose nothing, only to gain insight into what is truly good and Godly through your own consideration.

I want you to learn for yourself rather than being told. I want you to understand that there is not much else that matters beyond doing what is right. I want you to understand my perspective that it doesn’t matter if God or Hell or Heaven even exist. If you are living a good life and there is a Heaven, surly you will go.

I want you to know that any God I would feel was worthy of consideration would never need to burn you for eternity. We are so much better at making Hell for ourselves than anyone could be. Hell, I think, is a state of mind. Hell is a place of confusion. There are no demons or torture. There is simply a lack of all that is real and good. Physical pain can be ignored. We tell our children of the scary demons to frighten them into obedience. I cannot condone this action. It gives our children a place to point the finger when things go badly. It takes the responsibility from our hands and places it out of our control.

I want you to know this world is the way it is because we allow it to be. We have within us the capacity to change everything. Tomorrow we could end famine and war. Today, we could do the same. This is what I want to tell you about yourself. You can change the world. You can create beauty and wonder like this world has never known.

The definition I hold for us is the same as that of God. We are everything that is good and right. We have in us the one thing that matters, love. Of all the messages of all the religions in all the world, I feel that simple fact is most often ignored. We have within us a peace. We have within ourselves, perfection. We simply need to remember that and live it.

It is such a difficult thing to grasp, that which makes us human. Our feelings and emotions can be broken down and placed into a test tube. The deepest, most intimate parts of our lives seem so easily exploited and placed on display. We seem so easily mislead.

I know that someday, we will figure this all out. If there is a God and he created us in his image, I cannot imagine we look like God on the outside. What use would God have for an arm? If horses had a God surely He would look like a horse. To me, in his image means so much more. You can lose your arm or your leg and you are no less human. You cannot lose goodness, honor or compassion and ever be the same.

I want you to reconsider things. I want you to look again at your life and what it means. I want you to dissect what you believe to be true. You may find that some of the things you hold so dearly are left wanting.

I want you to grow and succeed. I want to watch you smile and laugh until you cry. I want you to know how great you are and I want you to know how great is your place in this world. I want for you everything that I want for me. Never forget what you mean. Never forget what you mean to me and what you should mean to yourself. Never forget you matter, friend.