The Importance of Testing

The more important something is,
The more important it allows itself to be tested.
And that we allow that testing graciously,
Whether or not the test itself was particularly courteous.

Words

Words are clumsy, inelegant things,
When it comes to describing the universe.
They are easily distorted,
Twisted so their original meaning is all but unrecognisable.
Some claim to know without doubt or question,
What this teacher, that prophet,
Or even their chosen divinity,
Truly meant by their words.
What foolish arrogance,
To claim their interpretation above all others as the only possible truth,
And denying even the merest possibility of error.
So, be careful that a healthy confidence in your beliefs,
Does not harden into dangerous fundamentalism.

Certainty

You may be utterly certain you are not wrong,
But, nevertheless, that possibility does exist.
To pretend otherwise is arrogance,
Stiff and proud.
To admit the possibility of error,
Does not necessarily demonstrate a weakness of faith,
But rather a comfortable strength.