An Ode to Love
What do you believe in?
I was asked that question recently in an interview. Without much hesitation I answered "love!" For the simple reason that ultimately, everything truly good that we do stems from Love. If you don't believe in Love, then what can you even believe in? When you believe in Love, you also believe in the best of humanity. Even in times when we see and experience so much more of whatever the opposite of Love is. Maybe fear?
But the hesitation crept up a bit later when I started to question the soundness of that statement from a romantic perspective. I have told "I love you" to two women in my lifetime and both relationships were over a few weeks later.
Why would I believe in something that I've never actually experienced? That, for all I know, may not even exist. Why would anyone ever want to believe in a mirage?
But then I figured it out...
You do it because that's exactly what believing means. You don't believe in something because you know it to be true. You know it to be true because you believe in it.
Faith doesn't need proof. It doesn't ask for evidence. It just is.
Just like Love.
