Personal Narrative: My Belief System

My belief system was built around and greatly influenced by my family and community, though it is ever changing due to the new things I experience every day. I developed many of my values through my religious beliefs. My family has raised me as a Church of the Nazarene Christian since I was born and that is the religion that identify with at this point in my life. Three values that stick out to me due to the importance of them are community, forgiveness and unconditional love. I also wholeheartedly believe in place and storytelling and though my feelings towards these values didn’t necessarily come from my religious beliefs, they definitely affect them. I think that I’m very open to learning about other religions and connecting with people …show more content…
According to what I have been taught in Sunday School, Jesus reacted with love in every situation regardless of the circumstances. I think about what would’ve happened if had not a lot. What would Christianity be like if Jesus had chosen pettiness over kindness? I cannot imagine that it would be good. There’s enough temptation to spread hate in this world with solid role model like Jesus. In the same way, I wonder what would happen if Jesus had acted differently, I wonder the same about myself. The effects are not even close to being to the same extent but I do believe that my choices do have an impact on more than just me. If I chose to act in spite of someone, all I am doing is causing more negative feelings for all parties where I could’ve began to repair the wound if I had chosen to act of love regardless instead. A very big part of practicing unconditional love is …show more content…
A lot of this came from my family, but my community also supported me greatly. I, like most people I know from home, was raised by my family and community, as cliché and cheesy as it sounds. I do not know where I would be, or really who I would be, without everyone who treated me like family even though we are not related at all. This means a lot to me because I was raised on the belief that nothing is too much to do for family, so to know that someone would treat me like just because they wanted to really tugs on my