In Continuum.

I don't remember much about the X-Files, other than this poster that hung behind Mulder in his shady office. I suppose the series got a little boring when Agent Mulder got off the team, and was replaced by T-1000, or the liquid metal dude from Terminator 2. The words on the poster, then, became the driving force behind Mulder's stubborn and determined nature to find out the truth. Because he always starts out as a believer, then finding evidences to prove himself wrong. I suppose that goes against most people out there, when we usually start out as cynics, only to be proven wrong or right in the end. I think there are a lot of things in our world that cannot be answer - ever. Like, how did everything begin? As much as Creationism doesn't make any sense to me, the theory of evolution does not actually boast a very solid foundation of evidences either. I don't think mankind is ever going to find out whether we were created after a big explosion, or within the span of seven days by a superior being. But then there are times when you have to take sides, when you are asked to pick whether you believe in this or do you believe in that. Even without evidences or proof, we believe in them - because that is what we do, we follow what makes the most sense to us. 

So, no prizes for guessing which is the first thing I believe in that is without any solid proof. I believe in aliens, because I think the mathematical evidence is just too obvious to be ignored. No matter how many zeros there are behind the decimal point, you are definitely going to get at least a "1", and that may not seem like a very big number to you, but you have to consider the number of stars and planets we have floating about in space. I say that I believe in aliens, but that doesn't necessarily mean that I believe that they travel to Earth by flying plates and carrying laser guns with them either. And no, neither are they short and green, with a giant head and big eyes, trying to take over our world. I think anything that isn't found on Earth is alien, and that includes alien plants as well. I do believe that any form of life that did not originate from Earth should be considered an alien, and that includes little microscopic organisms, or cells. I think we are the way we are because of some miscalculation by mother nature. I think we accidentally developed a brain and advanced. I think life already exists out there, and maybe many of them have advanced to our stage and beyond - we just don't know it yet. I think it is very possible, and I trust numbers a lot. Therefore, I believe in aliens. 

I believe in family and friends, and I think that should be the case for everyone out there. When you strip away the nonsense in our lives, all those things that you think are important to you, everything really comes down to family and friends, you know? All those television commercials yelling at you and trying to get you to spend money, and all those government officials telling you to do this and not that - all those fuss get so tiresome sometimes. After a while, it doesn't even make sense anymore, and you just want to run away from it all. I think it's nice to have a family that works like friends, and vice versa. I think when you are close enough with this group of people, then they kind of become a part of your family. Similarly, your family members are really just blood related friends of yours, if you really think about it. I think these people are really going to be the ones to catch you when you fall, you know, the ones that got your back. It doesn't matter if they are friends from school, from work, from the army, or just random online friends. You know that they make things easier, and it is within us in our DNA to have these basic human contact. Animals travel in packs, at least a lot of them do, and so do humans. We were designs to be this way, to live with other human beings, to learn from each other, to love one another. I think the basis of every society comes right down to family and friends, and I truly believe in that, especially the relationship and bonds that we create. 

Next up, I believe in the power of words. I think, throughout history, it has been the words spoken by great men that make them worthy of remembrance, rather than the amount of wars they have fought in and the number of battles won. It is difficult to quote a number when you are trying to tell someone else just how great a person was. But when you quote something he said in the past, the words that he used to describe something, that is usually how he is remembered. Writers, without a question, are remembered for the books he wrote rather than anything else really, and the great political figures are now remembered by the speeches that they gave and the policies that they came up with - in words. That is also why they say that soldiers fight with guns while the true intellects fight with their words. You cannot deny the power of words, because they resonate throughout history, if they are the right ones. I am a big fan of language, and I have recently made several observations in regards to the way words have been structured, with some of them being purposefully spelled in a way to make them seem more powerful. For example, the words that end with "-er" and "-or". With the latter, the word just has more punch than the former, and it just packs more power and gets the point across somehow. Imagine if the word "governor" is spelled as "governer", or if the word "terminator" is spelled as "terminater". So you see, the power of words and how you use these words cannot be denied. Colonies were torn down and empires were put to ruin because of words people said, and orders being made. History has been altered by words, recorded by words, and it is still going to be changed by words as long as we continue to speak our minds. 

Next, I believe in wet tissues, and I think I need to elaborate myself a little bit here. I think wet tissues has got to be one of the most amazing inventions ever created by mankind, unless silent velcro comes along to take that title away. It is by no means the most amazing, but it really should be right up there. Have you ever had the problem of toilet paper being soaked by water, making it completely useless for any other purposes other than to throw it on the ceiling as a practical joke? I know I experienced that, because there was this once before a storm when my bathroom was completely messed up by the wind that came in through the window. Somehow, the toilet roll must have been spinning around in the wind, and as a result half the roll ended up in the toilet bowl, and I had to flush it all away without being able to use it. Then came wet tissues, and they are not afraid of moisture at all. In fact, all you really need to do is to put them in this plastic container, and they'd never go dry! Isn't that awesome! Besides, you never know when you are going to need some wet tissue in your life. I remember, back in the army, wet tissues were our momentary taste of comfort. All you need is to have a pack of wet tissue with you to clean yourself up a bit when you have the time, and all the dirt and the sores go away like magic. It usually also signifies the end of an army exercise, and we all know what that means. So, wet tissue, not just a giver of good hygiene but also a giver of comfort and happiness in times of need! 

Next, I believe in Joe Pesci. I believe in Joe Pesci because I believe in George Carlin. In order to point out how ridiculous praying is, my favorite comedian used his friend Joe Pesci as an example. If there is truly a divine plan, George Carlin said, then why bother to pray for things to change in the first place? He said, and I think he said it right, that everything really works in a fifty-fifty way, with or without praying, and it doesn't matter who or what you pray to. You pray for something to happen, sometimes it happens and sometimes it does not, that's the way things work. The problem is when things work, they praise "the lord" for his kindness. But when things don't work out, they say that "he has his plans". George Carlin prays to Joe Pesci, because things get done in the same fifty-fifty chance. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. I pray for good grades at school, and sometimes I get what I want - sometimes I don't. Instead of spending all those time praying for a good grade, why not use those time and make something out of it? Make notes, read through the textbook, call a friend to revise together, stop watching television, get off the computer, make a mind map - anything! If you really want to pray, pray to Joe Pesci. Or pray to your dead grandparents, or pray to a flaming guitar, whatever. It is going to work in the same way as you pray to God, anyway. 

I believe in nature, the next and last thing that I am going to say about my beliefs. Whether or not it is "mother nature" or "father nature", it really doesn't matter. I believe in the way nature works rather, how it always finds a way to live through the toughest times. You could pollute for all you want, destroy the ozone layer and pour all the kind of waste you want into the ocean, and Earth is going to survive anyway, with or without us humans. Humans are always preaching about the end of the world, and all those prophecies about the end times and kingdom come. The truth is, the only thing I hate more about prophecies are self-fulfilling prophecies. I think if the world is going to come to an end, it is not because mother nature rebels on us, but we are going to kill ourselves in due time, one way or another. If nature so much as lifts its eyebrow, a quote I heard once, all of mankind would be wiped away. It is really that easy for us to be extinct, because nature is just so powerful and so awesome. It is beautiful and terrible at the same time, but I suppose that is what makes me believe in it. I like the idea that we are ruled, not by imaginary figures in books and churches, but by what is already inside all of us and around us. When we die, the Earth survives, and that is a fact that we all have to take to heart. Mother nature, and that includes you and me, is more than just the grass and the trees. It is this never-ending force within everything that lives on and survives, no matter what happens. 

So there you go, some of the things I truly believe in. Now I am going to go to sleep, and I suppose sleep is another thing that I truly believe in. But that is for another day and another entry, and the hour is truly growing late on me. So goodnight world, and believe whatever you want to believe. At the end of the day, it is you who are responsible for yourself, and no one should have the right to change your mind about anything.