To find a belief in one’s life is as important as having a purpose in order to make achievements. Finding a belief is not as easy as it appears especially that [singlepic id=246 w=320 h=240 float=right] there is a difference between creating a belief of your own and following a belief which others offer for you. There is nothing called a purpose in life without having a real belief which empowers it.

Usually we are taught to learn beliefs and accept them as they are whether they are beliefs about religion, life or values. A few dare to open a discussion about the kind of belief which they want and fewer know how to go through such a process and come out with beliefs of their own. Some are lost without a belief while others become committed to certain beliefs without understanding the nature of what they believe in. The society and those who are close to us affect on what we believe in to a degree that we almost forget what free will is. In life our decisions are left for us and therefore we are supposed to choose freely what we really want. Sometimes we forget this advantage and become the prisoners of fake thoughts which make us believe that we are not really free in our decisions. Such ideas which make us feel a lack of freedom could come with beliefs that others set for us in order to prevent our selves from going through a process which may bring new beliefs and thoughts.

In order to succeed in getting beliefs of our own and in knowing what we really want to achieve in our life, we should start by believing that we are free to choose what we want whenever we want and no matter what our decision is about. Overcoming the fear of taking risks and being able to decide what we want is the first step towards having or even creating beliefs of our own. This does not mean that we should ignore beliefs and thoughts which those who came before us have reached since in order to achieve something new we should understand those who came before. Understanding what beliefs really mean then suggesting new ideas and thoughts may bring a good mixture that includes both newly created and already suggested ideas. However, one of the important advantages of going through such a process is a kind of certainty that comes to support what decide to believe in. In other words, believing in something after learning and understanding it differs from believing something because we are told to do so.

Having beliefs of our own become real beliefs which are different from interests. Interests are things which may be important for us and we may work hard to get but still we lack the feeling of certainty and self confidence while seeking them. On the other hand beliefs of our own become the soul of our life which we fight for and want to achieve in order to serve our purpose that is built on them. So purpose becomes a goal which is made on the basis of our own beliefs that becomes a stage that we want to reach in our life. Therefore Beliefs become something that we fight for honestly while interests continues to be something that we would be happy to get but won’t mind losing them every once and a while.

Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad

A Palestinian-Arab living in East Jerusalem, Ziad graduated from College Des Freres in Jerusalem in 2003. Ziad finished his major in International Relations and English Literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ziad is a former President of the Watan student movement at the university. He is interested in Middle Eastern political issues and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Founder of the Middle East Post and MEL (Middle East Future Leadership Network), he represents Palestinian youth at several international conferences.

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