On occasion I have the pleasure of meeting people who have all the answers.  They really are very interesting to talk to, and they have a lot of life experiences that validate their beliefs.  I have no qualms what so ever with the all knowing individual…. anymore.  I do make a point to briefly describe my beliefs and let them know that these are my beliefs and they will stay my beliefs.

Now in the past the all knowing individual would upset me.  I have narrowed it down to a couple of reasons why this would bother me.  First, it is all about the ego is it not?  We all like to believe that we are right and anything that someone else believes hurts our ego because we may not be right.  As human beings we also tend to fear things that we do not understand.  Anything outside of our belief system is therefore deemed as bad or evil.  The easiest way to clear up this misunderstanding is to do a little research and learn about what we fear. 

I have reached a point in my life where my beliefs are my own.  I own them, and am currently awaiting the patent on them…. ok so that last part was a joke.  What I am saying is that I am comfortable with what I believe, and who I am based on those beliefs. 

I accept people for who they are as well and what they believe.  In the end we will all know what the truth is anyway, so it just does not matter who believes what.  Society has always placed an emphasis on religious beliefs and who is right and who is wrong.  I say enough already.  We all come from the same place so to me that makes us all brothers and sisters, and we need to start treating each other like the family humanity was meant to be.  Besides religion is based on various things that different men thought were true, spirituality is knowing and feeling the connection between us and our Divine Creator.  

We worry to much about what everyone else believes or thinks.  As long as we treat each other with love and kindness and live a good life, what does it matter what others believe?  Everyone is a human being capable of loving and feeling…. to me this is all that matters.  Nothing else is near as important as knowing that people are just that, people who need love in their lives just like we do.  So it is okay to have different beliefs, and it is okay to love others with different beliefs, it is even okay to have friends with different beliefs, just remember that they deserve to be respected no matter what they decide to believe.  So next time you feel like arguing about the origin of God or who is right or wrong, remember that the people you are about to arguing with are just like you.