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Pastimes : Short Stories - 50 words or less
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To: elpolvo who wrote (2607)12/25/2019 6:47:53 PM
From: Rarebird  Read Replies (2) of 2633
 
Response: How do we know if everything will be OK ultimately? Isn't this based on faith rather than reason? And what does faith prove? Does the origin of faith come from Hope? And does Hope come from the innate optimism of many humans or does it come from over and beyond me, from G-d?
I only ask these questions because I am lacking in faith. The ten commandments says to honor thy mother and father. Well, I honored them so much that I cared more about their sorrows and feelings than those of G-d? And if I include my sons, grandchildren and both women I married, I cared more about their feelings, dreams and sorrows more than those of G-d. Yes, I know that G-d is at the origin and foundation of everything, but that doesn't mean that I have to accept or like everything that comes from G-d? I can't accept death of a young child to cancer? What is the purpose of that? To make us appreciate and cherish life more? That sounds hollow? No, I don't know if everything will be OK in the end? Maybe it was all a dream? Row Row Row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily merrily merrily life is but a dream! It certainly is convenient to think that everything will be OK in the end? But that is one big question mark!, And ultimately I have remained true to the question mark. That hasn't made my life simpler or happier? That's for sure. That's why so few people question. Sorry in a way.
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