Being Honest With Fiction

What do you believe?This is an important question for me to ask.What do you really believe?And when it comes to beliefs, then I have to ask what are we afraid of?And if we answer this honestly, then I have to ask if our beliefs impact our fears? I ask this because I have always struggled with my so-called belief system.What do I believe?Do I believe in anything so fully and so wholeheartedly?Or have I let my doubts hijack my belief system, just like the way a bully in the sixth grade hijacked my belief in the Tooth Fairy when my tooth fell out while I was in the second grade.I believe that certain things are lifesaving.I believe that there is no touch as soft as the touch from your Grandmother’s hand and how her skin was the warmest, most comforting thing. I believe that when we are at our lowest, or when we are at our worst and when the personal pain is so sharp, debilitating, and degrading that nothing seems to help, life has a way of putting someone or something in front of us to…