Conscience (Ben) **EVOATL**

Everything you need to know about someone, you can tell by what they believe.

I believe in honor and chivalry; love at first sight and the sanctity of high school football. I believe that if there is a God, then God has better things to do than worry about gay marriage or whether the ten commandments are posted in an Alabama courthouse.

I believe that God loves all of us, except for (possibly) southern Baptists.

I believe in good and evil, right and wrong, karma and destiny. I believe that patriotism is not blindly accepting what the government tells you, but having the courage to question authority and the status quo.

I believe in butterflies and poetry. I believe that the pen is mightier than the sword. I believe in Santa Claus.

I believe in heroes and villains. I believe in Spider-Man. I believe in the power of electronic music to take me to another world.

I believe in Holden Caulfield and The Great Santini, Joe Kavalier and Johnny Rico, Jubal Harshaw and Scout Finch. I believe that if you know what books all these characters come from, you might be my soulmate.

I believe that jam bands suck, breakbeats rock, and Counting Crows are the greatest band ever. I believe that psychedelic drugs can open up gateways to the soul. I believe that fire burns, knives cut, and I cant fly, even if at some point in my life, I lost track of these essential rules of life.

I believe in my instincts and my dreams. I believe that there is nothing wrong with sleeping with a stuffed animal, even if youre twenty-six.

I believe in my family, both those I was born with and the friends that have become family through the things we've overcome together.

I believe in giving a hand up, but not a hand out. I believe in helping others. I believe in random acts of kindness. I believe that willful ignorance should be met with deadly force.

I believe that writing is the only thing that keeps me sane.

I believe that the Philadelphia Eagles will win a Super Bowl in my lifetime, and Ill die happy.

I believe that Canada may be the root of all evil. I believe that there is no more beautiful place than Asheville, North Carolina. I believe that snowball fights are good for the soul.

I believe that Jagermeister is a wonderful thing, but that I should probably be locked in a padded room when I drink it.

I believe that if I could communicate with the world entirely in haiku, I might be more coherent. I believe in the primal power of a bonfire. I believe in kandi.

I believe that if I was in a situation where I had to lay down my life to save the life of another, I would not hesitate.

I believe that life is too short to drink cheap beer. I believe in boobies. I believe in the concept of peace. I believe that some things are worth fighting for. I believe that puppies, butterflies, and little girls exist to be beautiful.

I believe that we all hold within us the power to create beauty somehow. I believe that art is more important than anything else, because it is a creation that can transcend even our own lives, our own civilization.

I believe in the dream of someone reading something I wrote a century from now, and feeling then what I felt when I wrote it.

I believe that love is all that matters. I believe in banana pudding. I believe that we were all meant to shine.

I believe in you.

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