One thing, that I learned long ago, was the 'suspension of belief'- sometimes you can walk across the street and see what the view is from there.....

As long as you hold your beliefs close to your heart, no one can question how you feel.

They can question your vocalization of those beliefs, but until they can get into your heart, they won't know what is in there.

I don't think any 'god' would really kick your rear if you made an exception to the rules.

I like to think that god kinda looks at people and says, "Cool,
here's a person that can use their heart AND their mind at the same time."

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I was body surfing at the beach once and got caught in a rip tide.

I was going to die if I fought Mother Nature and the undertow.

I gave up swimming against the tide, got sucked along for a bit and found my way to shore.

Heroes go down fighting.
Fighters find a way to fight again and again.

I'd like to think we are all fighters.