Gaining Reason

down on their knees again eyes squinted tight hoping, wishing, hoping, wishing… “praying” for something or other that will specifically & uniquely appear on their doorstep solving all their current problems & washing away any possibility of a return to their present desperate state--- and nothing happens. not a voice not a sign not an “angel” showing up to don its perty wings--- nothing comes as a result of the getting down on the knees & squinting eyes routine, however, this time around, the individual in question has finally become fed up with the whole idea & simultaneously opening their eyes, unfolding their hands & standing up on their own, they decide for themselves that they have “lost their faith.” why is it that this remarkable & essential moment in a human being’s development, is illustrated in such a manner? why is this “faith” lost, when it never existed to begin with? for what is a sense of “faith,” but certainty which has no evidence for its basis whatsoever? how can one lose that which could never be held in the first place? aren’t those who come to this new vital conclusion really gaining reason & in doing so, wouldn’t this call for a celebration rather than the playing of the violins, the hiding in one’s house with the lights off, or the weeping like that of a child whose candy has been stolen from them?