Lots of things to write about my experiences in Vietnam and there are two things that stand out the most, which are very valuable. First is that I have found here a lot of self-confidence, that kind of was lost a bit while working in an MNC.
The second is that I have (re)discovered my belief in God. I come from a family with religious background (kind of). I myself was educated to a certain extent in that way, as some members of the family are religious and some others not. So I was kind of touched by the belief in God but on the other hand not really, especially on a ceremonial level. This also come that my family is part of the Unitarian religion, which is fairly liberal.
Once I have left my hometown, I got disconnected from religion and belief in God, and believed in the modern preaching of self fulfillment.
Vietnam does seem to be a sinful place, and one can live a very sinful life, by the measures of the religious teaching (oh, those nights in Apo…). However the experiences I have went through, made me discover my own God and the way I believe in good. Still living a sinful life somehow, but I see a clearer path now and I feel a strong belief in God, that it exists, and that it is with me. I have been thinking a lot about this in the past two weeks… I am still skeptical about religion itself, but not skeptical about God. I am happy with this. It just feels good. I hope I will not loose this faith again.
2 Comments:
You have started an interesting story, that subject is an important one, but you don't say how you got to this opinion. More important in wich circumstances. Would be interesting to know, as I am starting to lose faith in Him.
Hmm... I think I had quite a challenging period these months and I also did a lot of reading about the life of people who had very challenging life, but survived through their faith in God... I also did a lot of meditation during the past months, redefining my worldview....
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