My mother believed in curses, karma, good luck, bad luck, feng shui. Her amorphous set of beliefs showed me you can pick and choose the qualities of your philosophy, based on what works for you.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was brought up to believe I could achieve anything. My mother instilled in me the belief that there was always something great coming. For example, even though I'm afraid of flying, I always think the plane can't crash because there are so many better things still to come.
I'm a spiritual person. I'm not very religious. I was raised Catholic, but I am influenced a lot by Buddhism and Hinduism.
My mother was religious; she was knowledgeable about mythology and scriptures; she could tell the metaphysical nuances and make the story come to life with their deeper significance. The current generation is missing out on this.
My mother had faith in me, had more faith in me than I had in myself, and knowing that she did made me try to find faith. She believed in trying things.
I had a very moral upbringing, and spiritual in a sort of not very specific way.
In terms of my belief that one individual can make a difference - that belief comes from my parents.
I saw that philosophy had no power to make my life more bearable. Thus I lost my belief in philosophy.
My mother taught me that the universe guides, teaches, and offers up gifts... even when bad things happen.
I was raised in a heavily Catholic family. Early and consistent encounters with mysticism.
Over the years my mother's steadfast faith in God has inspired me, particularly when I had to perform extremely difficult surgical procedures or when I found myself faced with my own medical scare.