Belief

I don't believe in God.

I believe in light,

The light that is refracted to create rainbows,

The light that allows us to see,

The light that gives us time and energy and life,

The light that filters through the early morning mist and in the evening glows pink and orange and blue.

I believe in sound,

The sound that allows us to speak to one another,

The sound that lets us know where things are,

The sound that alerts us to danger,

The sound that makes up dawn's birdsong and the tinkling of chimes in the wind.

I believe in the mind,

The mind that gives us the ability to comprehend this beautiful world from different waves of light and sound,

The mind that allows us to feel,

The mind that has the ability to give us emotions just by releasing different chemicals and hormones,

The mind that lets us communicate,

The mind that tells the stories of our lives and talks to us even when no one else is there.

I believe in the planet,

One planet in eight that can sustain life,

One planet in eight that is constantly changing,

One planet in eight that houses water,

One planet in eight that has the correct gasses for our survival,

One planet in eight that we can call home.

I believe in space,

Space that houses thousands upon thousands of galaxies not too dissimilar from our own,

Space that we can see from our little lives on this little planet with our little eyes that can detect the light from stars lightyears away. Stars that may no longer exist,

Space that is so big it is possibly infinite.

I believe in stories,

Stories that can move us and change the way we think,

Stories that open our eyes to the worlds problems,

Stories that give us hope even when the darkness could envelope us,

Stories that mirror our lives and give us insight into the lives of others.

And I believe in us,

In our hearts,

In our minds,

In our lives.

I don't believe in God.

I believe in everything.