The Everyday Human

To Doubt or Not To Doubt


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May: On Love

May 10

Today's reflection was inspired by a quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Hamlet writes to Ophelia, declaring an unshakable love, and then his actions betray both those words and her. Did he mean the words he wrote—if only for a time? Was the love true, then, even if it didn’t last? That’s the harder question. But don’t be afraid to ask it. A love untested might be no love at all. 

Now, that said, listen to these words: Do not compare your love to others. You cannot measure your heart against someone else’s failure. You may doubt the stars, the sun and even truth itself. But if you hold the love in your heart as sacred and steady, if you feel it in your soul and know it to be real—what reason would you ever have to doubt it?

  • Reflection title: To Doubt or Not To Doubt
  • Creative inspiration: William Shakespeare, Hamlet
  • Reflection Question: Do I measure my heart by someone else’s story? Do I let doubt take root where certainty once grew? Do I know the love I carry to be real? 
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The Everyday HumanBy Eastin DeVerna