'I believe in Sherlock Holmes.' I need to stop believing.
Belief is everywhere.
'I want to believe.' X-Files.
'Can't stop believing.' Journey.
Churches, cathedrals, temples, shrines, synagogues, mosques…
Everybody believes in something. But you know what?
Belief is useless. Believing in something won't make it true.
Belief is disappointing. You become involved in, obsessed with your beliefs.
Belief is painful, when it comes crashing down around your ears.
You can go for a long time, believing that someone you are close to, someone you trust absolutely, is a genius. That belief is useless.
You can believe that you are chasing a criminal, unaware that he is fiction. Unaware that the criminal is your fellow chaser. That belief is disappointing.
You can believe that there is good in the world, that there is more than war and death and trickery and corruption. That belief is shattered when you see your non-genius criminal friend on a grey building, silhouetted against a grey sky. That belief is painful.
And yet, within belief, there is hope. There is hope that maybe, just maybe, you might be wrong. That there might be some good in the world.
Belief is useless. Belief is cruel. Belief is hopeful.
'I believe in Sherlock Holmes.' I can't stop believing.