What is Religion?
This life is controlled by a power higher than the human can understand and thus people should set out to understand the meaning of it. The meaning of life is to live today as ones day. One should try to live fullest for now, since today is the good day, and thus one should have the most fun for today and not be worried about tomorrow. Tomorrow should be remain another day whose worries should not be allowed to interfere with the fun one is having today. One should rejoice in that they were fortunate to be born because if they would never have been born, they would be ‘an isn’t’ (Seuss, 1999). Each day should provide opportunities for learning and even though one can get help in the learning process, they will have to learn a lot by themselves. The learning process involve fantasy which is an important component in this life. Fantasising is a means of viewing life through a telescope, using its wrong end, and this enables one to laugh at the realities of life and thus face them with courage. If one is willing to keep their eyes open, they will learn a lot of wonderful stuff in life. By shutting their eyes, they miss the best things this life can offer and even if questions regarding such things are difficult sometimes, the answers to them are very simple. In the process of learning, a person should read widely so as to have great knowledge and this comes with an assurance of going to many places. A person should also involve his thoughts in this desire to learn so that he can think left, right, low and high. There is so much they can think only if they try and in every place they will find funny things that will brighten their day.
A person has to belief in themselves and their abilities. Since they have brains in their head, guarded with shoes in their feet, they can steer themselves in the direction that they are willing to take. This self believe will be necessary especially when they are faced with failure. Since one is on their own most of the time, and they know what they know, they are the best fitted to choose the direction they should go. Self- believe will enable lead one to self-awareness such that they can also realise the experience of love which is basic to human existence. They will know that they are in love when they cannot afford to fall asleep, and love becomes a reality that is finally better than their dream (Seuss, 1999). Self-believe means that one should be who they are, and say what they feel and not allow others to define them through their perception. One should choose their associates rightly since those who seem to mind about them may not really matter and those who matter usually do not mind about their shortcomings. However, in the case of failure a person should not cry because the opportunity is over, but should smile that they had that opportunity and it happened. The self-believe gives hope that will set one off to great places, and something big will be waiting for them. While still at it, one should step with great tact and care having in mind that life is like great balancing act that offers an opportunity to succeed after failure. Thus if things should starts going wrong, there is no need to worry or stew, but one should go right along and they will start happening too.
Unless the believer is caring a lot about his own wellbeing and that of others, nothing is really going to get better. In a troubled world, where everybody is “troubled with troubles” at every moment, the believer has a responsibility to care about others through sharing in in their challenges. Since human and the world are a bit weird, one should find someone with weirdness that is compatible to theirs and thus, the mutual weirdness should bring about love (Seuss, 1999).
This religion fits well into a society in need of great guidance and direction in the midst of many challenges and worries about the future. It is a religion that can be incorporated into the lives of growing children to build in them a positive perception in life right from tender age. Human beings grow up with various faith that involve religious traditions and this religion helps them to confront their worries and failures with a positive attitude. A religion is important if it provides a peace of the mind since human life is full of struggles in the midst of uncertainties and insecurities and may feel helpless at times (Nahid,2016). This religion encourage and consoles a person in the time of crises such as failure. Its emphasis on love provides a means of getting emotional support especially from those people that matter to them and who do not really mind about their shortcomings. It can also provide a model for living in this world such that one choses to be disciplined through hard work by learning and focusing on the fun side of life.
This religion relates a lot in common with the Christianity that teaches on the importance of wisdom and knowledge and the effects of imagination or fantasies. Religion is a crucial way of envisioning and opening up about the future. While this religion sees the significance of fantasies in recognizing the realities of life, Christianity stresses on the need for envisioning a great Kingdom of God (United Church, 2004). The former gives the believers the courage to face life challenges while the later gives the believers the courage to hopefully await for a brighter future. A religious life is not only concerned with visible things but also focus on how things should be, a form of religious endeavour that needs a lot of imaginations or fantasies. By being open to imaginations and fantasies, one can manage to focus Both religions hold the view that life is not just about work but there is a provision for taking time off work and having fun or resting. While Jesus introduced ways on how to rightly act on the resting day, this religion based on Dr. Seuss wisdom shows the need to have fun apart from working to acquire knowledge. Thus these religions are sensitive and concerned about the conscious and unconscious facets of this life.
This religion can be spotted in the whole world, especially in the efforts by the modern world philosophers to find the meaning of life. The religion becomes more relevant in the modern world that has many challenges in the society which makes people worry too much about their future wellbeing.
References
Nahid, Eva, (2016). Importance of religion in today's world. Retrieved from: http://www.academia.edu/3838157/Importance_of_religion_in_todays_world
Seuss, (1999). Seuss-isms: Wise and Witty Prescriptions for Living from the Good Doctor: Collins.5-32
United Church, (2004).Theology of Seuss. Retrieved from: http://www.ucc.org/theology-of-seuss
