Another Kind of Love

I am a life-long and loyal Catholic. I was born into this belief system, I was raised under the Catholic church traditions, and it is what shapes my life to this day. I am in love with my faith, it inspires and invigorates me. It drives me to be a good person, to go above and beyond what is expected, what is the minimum requirements for decency today.

But do not get me wrong. One of my biggest long term goals in life is to gradually gain a greater understanding of people's religious beliefs, and share in their experiences. I want to travel the world, and not only share the fire burning strong in my heart for the love of God and connection I feel, but to also feel the same fire burning inside others, of different and various faiths.

I find faith in general beautiful. It is my favorite thing that distinguishes humans from other animals. Among other functions, humans can form their own beliefs about a God figure. Though I feel confident in the accuracy of my faith, I have so much respect for people of different faiths, even if they contradict my own. Its the mere belief, the faith and hope they have and feed into their religion that is so admirable. Its this feeling that drives me, and drives others, and this pursuit of understanding is so strong within me, I cannot help but describe it as another form of love. There are only three of these loves of my life, that I can firmly identify. I am in love with God, I will some day be in love with the special someone, and I am in love with the universality of religion, and the human belief in God. The concept of it surrounds me and makes who I am, and I am at this point gushing. But this gives me passion unlike no other, besides God and the future love of my human, physical, life.

I pray that we all feel a sense of understanding for other faiths, even if it is not on my level. I pray we can grow in peace together, though separate in our beliefs, we are connected by our desire to know and understand things greater than us. He is greater than us, and he alone can bring us the peace to understand each other. We just have to open ourselves up to his love.