Weblog 1: What Do I Believe

I believe that people can make a difference.   Whether it be a difference in a large scope such as the world or as small making one person smile, people can make a difference.

I believe that society is a contributing factor to people’s beliefs of material things.

I believe that the government has led the American People to believe it has failed them.

I believe that justice is not 100% full-proof.  Some people take justice into their own hands.

I believe that knowledge can really help you move up in a career.

I believe that science is something that is years behind what it should be especially in the world of medicine.  I believe that we have the science and technology to cure some diseases and illnesses but pharmaceutical companies care to make more money by having people buy prescription drugs rather than focus on cures.

I believe that reality is where you need to be but still take the time to dream.

I believe that life is complicated for a reason.

I believe that happiness is not something to find, its an experience you get to have all the time with rough moments in between.

I believe that goodness is something that not everyone possesses.

I believe that death is only the beginning because that’s when we get to go home.  Right now life on Earth is only temporary.

I believe that God is everywhere & never leaves your side.

Part II

I believe that reality is where you need to be but still take the time to dream.

I think that this is true because I think this applies to me specially.  I am 25years old and I think I grew up with this dream that I was going to be a teacher when I grew up.  I thought that I was going to be married with children by the time I was 22 or 23 years old.  I thought I was going to have a perfect and happy marriage.  By the way this sounds, its obvious that  didn’t happen.   I turn 26 at the end of the year and none of that has happened.  I joined the Navy after I graduated high school and I think that experience has lead me to believe that the dreams you have as a child, teenager or young adult change dramatically as you mature into an adult and you go through, while not exactly the same, but many of the things your parents and grandparents went through when they were your age.  That’s kind of hard to imagine because I can’t picture my mother at my age.  So its like, as you get older all those dreams of what you thought your future would look like seem to fade away.  I don’t really think this has such an effect on a daily basis because this seems to be kind of a reflection at this point.  I don’t know what types of effects this would have on me on a daily basis but it would affect long-term and short-term goals.  Some of the plausible dreams I had and pictures I had in my mind when it came to what I thought my life would be have turned into goals.

While trying to maintain the whole “staying in reality” theme, I think its healthy to have dreams.  I don’t think that anyone of us could survive without some sort of escape from our regular everyday lives.  Things such as work, children, traffic, bills, class assignments, and all the other things you can think of that make us all wanna get away from time to time.  Not getting wrapped up to much in a fantasy world is not what I mean by taking the time to dream.

Part III

People who might disagree with me might just be a different type of person.  Maybe someone who is thinks dreaming is a waste of time.  Maybe it could be someone who failed in a dream that turned into a goal.  They could be upset with themselves or let down by someone.  That person may have a defeated attitude because of this.

I don’t know exactly how their experiences differ from mine because I am by no means just a happy-go-lucky type person with a smile on my face all the time.  While I’ve had hard times in the past and things are always popping up here an there in my life that I wish didn’t (ie debt!!), I try and stay positive.  I have my moments where I feel like I’ve been defeated.  I feel like I wanna get away from it all.  But I try and remember that everything is going to be ok. 

I think there is definitely a set of experiences shared in common by people on each side of the issue.  That is mainly because life is hard sometimes.  Reality is hard sometimes.  Maybe its harder than it is easier.

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