Proof

Being the scientists that we are, we always require proof before we believe. Doctors do not diagnose based on sheer observation; they need tests. Teachers base grades on exam results. We can call James Blunt's album a success based on record sales and MTV air play. There are statistics - left and right - and the number of votes determine who the "American Idol" will be. Everything just seems quantifiable.

On one occasion, I think it was Tegs who asked me what my favorite Math subject is. I easily responded "Geometry". Similar triangles. Bisecting angles. Congruent figures. I think I like it because in this world, one can never get lost. Everything makes perfect sense. Very much unlike life.

In life, not everything can be easily explained. The existence of God or a Higher Being has never been proven. Hope springs even when the odds say otherwise. Love can neither be measured by the number of "I love you's" declared nor verified by the carat size of an engagement ring.

Sometimes, to find proof is futile. We just need to believe, to trust and to feel...