Descartes’ Doubts

The spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it. ~ The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

René Descartes needed a bedrock,
a place to start to decide what was real.
He figured out he could doubt everything,
but in that statement was the fact
that doubt was real. I think, so I am.
We can question everything, reason,
rationalize. We can work on what’s right
until we can find it, define it, refine it,
analyze it, modify it, crystalize it,
polish it, petrify it…until we waste it.
Thinking about thinking was fine for Descartes
but I’m not in charge. I can’t define, refine,
or anything else the truth. I must accept it
even when my doubts roil, but when I trust
my higher power, I’m there. Trusting HP
and taking the next right step
whether I understand it…
or not.

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