I believe.

"Faith is believing in something when common sense tells you not to." -Fred Gailey (Miracle on 34th Street).

It is true. We all have things we believe in and don't believe in. For example, most people over the age of seven do not believe in Santa Clause, the Tooth Fairy, etc. All my life, I thought this was a pretty reasonable statement. Then one day, my friend Vicki (who is twice my age) says to me, "I still believe in Santa Clause, I just think that his name isn't Kris Kringle and he doesn't live in the North Pole and drive a sleigh and all that crap."

I was astounded. At first I thought she was kidding, because she tends to joke around a lot, and we were in a show about proving Santa Clause was real (and by the end of the show, he is). But Vicki wasn't joking. She was dead serious. She even has a shirt that says "I still believe in Santa." I thought it was really cool. My friend then proceeded to tell me that she thinks the man who played Santa in our show was the real Santa Clause, then told me why.

I thought about it, and I believe her. For sure. I was shocked at the similarity. And I never thought I would believe in something like that. But sure enough, I am here to tell you about it.

Just goes to show you that sometimes you have to look beyond what your mind tells you and believe in something surreal. It makes life more interesting if you do.

I have learned over a coarse of four months, September-December 2009, to have faith in things and to believe. I thought it would be nice to blog about it, hopefully people who read this will think about it, and become inspired to believe as well. I'm not saying that there really is or isn't a Santa Clause, just to keep an open mind about it all.

"I believe, I believe, I believe. Oh I believe. All will be forgiven." -Spring Awakening.