Thoughts

The evidence for God's existence is all the good I've felt throughout my life.
And when a person says "God does not exist" they say to me, 
"That good is your truth." I don't want it to be my truth.
I want it to be your truth, too, that the good I've experienced
Is valued, and therefore sacred.

I see selfishness in this world, budding in every field.
I see people hardening themselves to love
And teaching themselves that relationships are superfluous.
The highest ideal today, is to be so selfish that you don't need anyone.
And I must say there is something inherently evil in that.

If all the good I experienced was when in company with another person
Or God, why do I need to sever this beautiful blessing from my life?
It is evil to inure oneself to love, yet that is precisely what "Self Help" does.
It drives the man within his shell, and it cultivates in him an attitude
Of self reliance, which impedes his ability to rely on others.
Because none are reliable, none will help one another,
For none have love, this is why everyone is so unhappy.
For, who, truly, is happy? None that I know.
For we are all isolating ourselves,
And even more, we shun human embrace and imagine a world
Guarded from the world, one where we stay within our house
And shiver, and pull the blanket over our head afraid.

For our selfishness has overcome us
And our love has abandoned us.
Therefore, the Earth is unbearable.
Blessed are the dead,
For the living care nothing for one another
But would rather starve themselves of human affection
Than be brave, and risk all on the hearty truth of friendship.

Understand, love is good.
Understand that selfishness is evil.
We all understand malevolence is evil.
Yet the malevolent are usually also those who are most selfish.