This I Believe (with apologies to NPR)

Since the only core of truth I know as certainty is that of my past and this split second of my present, I see no alternative to living for today. I plan for the future because possibly it will contain the day of tomorrow. I plan for the future, but I cannot live for it. If asked was my life well-lived, I need to be able to answer, 'yes.' Not, 'it would have been if I'd lived until tomorrow. -myself, at age 18
In youth, men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing themselves of the words they uttered long ago. -Nathaniel Hawthorne
I believe that meaning exists of its own making, and that the creation of meaning is in and of itself meaningful.
I believe that we create an arbitrary paradigm of life, and that if we refuse to do this consciously and on an ongoing basis, it will be 'given' to us in a more restrictive and less positive form.
I offer no blind allegience to guru, dogma, or divine set of rules; neither written by the hand of god nor by the subtle imposition of cultural conformity. This may sound anhialistic or iconoclastic, but that is not the spirit in which I write. I believe in the oneness and inter-connectedness of all things, but I do not believe in the ability of any man-made construct to capture that wholeness.
There are very few things I would presume to call TRUTH, but still....
I believe in friends, and in the connections that are possible between people.
I believe in love. To quote a credo much more eloquent than my own, "Feign not affection. Neither be cynical about love. For in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is perrenial as the grass."
I believe in the journey of self-discovery and in the value of personal exploration and transformation.
Finally, I believe in magic; that there exists so much more than I have begun to fathom, and that there are many depths to my existence which remain unplummed.
I also believe that books and concepts can point to ways of being, but that these ways must be experientially acted upon. Otherwise we spend our time looking at the finger instead of the direction in which it is pointed. A road map will not magically tansport us from point A to point B. We have to get in the car and begin the journey.
So, credo aside then, where do these beliefs point me?
There is a synchronicity in the universe, and far be it for me to explain the how or why of it. But if one surrenders taoist-like to its flow, whole worlds of new possibilities present themselves.
I would remain open to the possibilities that I have not seen, and light enough in my conclusions to accomodate higher ways of being.
I would embrace the love and joy that I find along the way, and dare to the highest heights my spirit can reach.
I would gently let go, sometimes with grieving, that in my life which is past its time.
I would stand up against that which offends my sense of rightness, and that which would lay claim to either my body or mind.
I would retain a sense of humor and perspective, even in darkest times. Especially in darkest times.
I would continue on this pathless path wherever it leads and through whatever mazes and detours I wander. I would be a 'seeker' as the name implies; not a finder. For at this time, in my limited wisdom, the destination seems to be found in the journey; not in the conclusion.
I would gird myself in tolerance, making sure to take along an open mind and questing spirit. I would step out onto that highway of unexplored possibilities and -scoot over Sissy Hankshaw- I would stick out my thumb.