Dec 08 2008
My Skin Started To Itch When …
I decided to write about my faith, God, and religion - Yet I LOVE to talk face to face about my spirituality … odd isn’t it? I think when I share something intimate like personal faith - I need eye contact from the listener for validation. Or something like that. I’m not sure? Writing about this topic is still kind of new to me. Anyhow, nervous itchy skin and all - I’m pressing forward with my little story!
As a child did you ever read the Dr. Seuss book Horton Hears A Who? If you haven’t - I’ll condense the story down for you. Horton is an elephant that hears a sound from a small speck of dust - soon realizing it is a tiny planet with tiny little inhabitants. These little citizens of the dust speck planet ask Horton to protect them and he agrees, stating that, “A person’s a person no matter how small.“ Horton is tormented and caged by his peers for believing in something they can neither hear or see. Horton has to convince the tiny dust inhabitants to make themselves heard by the others … or they are all doomed. They try - and it literally takes the contribution of the tiniest dust inhabitant to make their collective sound audible to Horton’s peers. Which validates Horton’s statement a person’s a person no matter how small.
Now your probably wondering why the heck I’m babbling on about Dr. Seuss, Horton, and a speck of dust. Well … to a little 4 year old Catholic girl - this story spoke to me! To me it said that we are all a part of something bigger. At the time it’s text and illustrations simplified the very big concept of God for me …
… My faith continued to grow from that moment on!
A faith that has helped me through some very dark moments in my life - a faith that helped sustain hope for a better tomorrow.
I really believe life after meth has to include some sort of belief in a higher power!
I don’t care what zip code your higher power lives in as long as you believe in something bigger than yourself!
(Not a statement you’d expect from a good little Catholic girl like myself.)
But really - it’s not my place to convert anyone.
I just know that believing in God has certainly helped me through my darkest moments.
dawn
