marty vila: "Why gamble with money when you can gamble with people's lives? That was a joke. All right, I'll tell you. I believe in the notion that people are innocent until proven guilty. I believe in that notion because I choose to believe in the basic goodness of people. I choose to believe that not all crimes are committed by bad people. And I try to understand that some very, very good people do some very bad things. "
when you decided to believe in something, you will for sure do anything you have in gut to strive towards your belief. you know, that's what drives people their whole life- what they believe in. life can be hard and demeaning, life can be turned upside down in a split second, people change, things change. but there is something that makes people stay- it is belief. and less surprisingly, it is also belief that has the power to change.
with belief, people dare to take risk. with belief comes hope. with belief, people maintain their patience. with belief, people try their best in pursuing their dream. with belief, people dream.
and what about trusting people?
some people will avoid this question with the notion that 'if you believe in God, then trusting people is not that important (to the proportion that it should be discussed)'. once i was like that too. but then i realized, i couldnt just take the easy way out. i decided that trusting people is of one of the utmost importance. if not, Muhammad is not nicknamed al-Amin (one who is trusted)- i supposed He decided that for a reason.
putting your trust on someone, especially one who is not a member of your born family, means sharing your vulnerabilities, asking for views and opinions that can change your life forever, putting yourself on risk of betrayal, suffer, hate and helplessness. revealing your secrets and dark memories in the hope that he/she may save you from hell.
on one side, considering how difficult it is to find the right people that you can trust, is still not the reason to quit finding one. and perhaps (but im saying this with confidence, and yes, i am a believer) God does exist to help us find those people. because i cant see any scientific methodologies or empirical measures that are able to actually calculate and determine who can be trusted and who cannot.
but it is in our nature, that human believes. and they tend to trust; it is just a question of whom they trust and how they trust that becomes the story.
belief starts with the eyes that see, and the minds that think, and the hearts who feel. and what we know, does not necessarily resemble what we believe in. because if it does, then there's no need for faith. knowledge triggers us to explore, and belief maintains us on it. the more correct the things that we believe in, the stronger in faith we will be. so never lose hope in exploring. never give up on trying. what you believe in for the first time might be wrong the next time, but you cannot be wrong all the time.
and in the other hand, what you believe in for the first time, may look wrong all the way through, but remember, no diamond can hide its shine. like an old saying goes, 'truth always prevail'.
in this particular movie, i saw how someone can be believing in someone's else's innocence its drive's so powerful it eventually wiped everything else out and made everyone who at first were so reluctant to be totally believed in him. he changed the world just because he believed.
but the twist of the story actually ended out that what he had fully-heartedly believed in, was actually a mere lie. the verdict was really actually guilty for the murder.
yes, we bleed because we believe. once we believe in something, it becomes a part of us and of so much importance. we cant stop to believe, we just have to choose what to believe. and choosing to believe is not something that take only two hours or a week- it takes us a lifetime. and it is always, without doubt, testable.
so what do you believe in?
discussing this bluntly and academically actually making me nervous, as i think of all the possibilities that can happen. but reflecting back on all these times and listening to what my heart says; i felt relieved when i am able to come back to only one place. and is actually able to stay there.
God, show us the light. ameen.
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