BELIEF...

     It’s not common for people to change their opinion about matters close to heart. Whether it is to say that their first love was in fact a person of immensely bad character, or to agree that their favourite band isn’t all that original in their compositions. We have our beliefs that form the person we are. Even in times of utter bleakness when our lives don’t seem to have a desired future or suddenly our past seems to have been a complete waste of time and resources, we have these ideas that we have nurtured into existence that reside in the very depth of our conscience. These ideas define our thoughts, our actions, our behaviour, our expectations, and our every move. It is in good sense to know that this is the very institution of sanity: Belief. As long as there is belief in something, there is a need to move forward; there is a need to do something in life; there is a reason to have confidence in yourself. Initially these ideas, these beliefs, are fragile. They tend to be affected by the slightest manipulation from the outside world. But as more time is dedicated to those thoughts, they become stronger. They transcend the boundaries set by an ordinary individual and virally affect the masses in the surrounding. A person is strong and safe when they possess such beliefs. But what happens when the belief is taken away? In the simplest case, what happens to someone when the person they have put their every belief in, just walks away? Do they move on? Do they hold on to that same belief regardless?

     The human race has not only survived but flourished over time. This is keeping in mind that almost every individual has had someone leave them and violate their belief in them. It is not implied that people somehow suddenly ‘move on’. No, in fact in  most cases there is a temporary loss of sanity, a sense of deranged thinking, very little care for the world (and in quite a few cases- for one’s life). Of course all this doesn’t really add up to anything except extreme depression. This is but a temporary phase. Interestingly, our belief was never taken away, broken, shattered or subjected to anything even closely related to destruction. It quite simply evolved.

     Evolution is an amazing concept, and I’m not even talking about the biological evolution. Evolution is adaptation to the changing surroundings. As children we didn’t have a direct need to be responsible in a general sense. We just had our own little world to live in. As time passed, each and every individual slowly evolved into an awkward teen (still forming ideas) and eventually evolved into an adult. No more could anyone afford to live in their own little world. They lived with others and for others. They adapted, their ideas changed, their belief in life changed. Money was suddenly more important, a bright future was required, and more than sex: love was a priority. It wasn’t just natural adaptation that helped them evolve. There was a far more powerful aid: Time.

     It’s a simple concept really: When your belief in something seems to have disappeared, give it time. It isn’t wise to make big decisions with a fragile mind-set that follows a loss of belief. In time, your belief gathers itself and becomes stronger than before. It tells you what to do next in the most logical and matter-of-fact manner. It isn’t a case that your belief has become completely bulletproof. There is always going to be a little pain and a little hesitation, but that is the price to pay for being human.

     If there is a belief that helps, it is that: Everything works out in the end and for the better! Furthermore, this isn’t a belief that you should expect to change, it should be kept as a pendant of hope and give you strength in times of despair. At the end of it all, believing in yourself is all you need to do.