We may believe of something ...

We may believe by reason of many things ...

We may believe in certain ways, or believe in certain defined individuals ...

To simply believe of, may be to acknowledge that existence, sort of ...or to merely believe something of someone.

We may believe by what we see, or by what we hear ...or another way of saying it, we can believe by faith, or we can believe by reason.  Yet, that reason may be insanity.

We can believe in certain people ...also believing they can fail, yet believe they also have the potential to learn, and we can trust their judgment to be able to regroup and correct what they feel is wrong.

Though there are also situations that do not show as much success in that 'regrouping' category.  Whether we like to admit it or not, sanity and insanity both seem to cross the same line ...just in different places, and usually in different directions. Yet, there are moments when both appear to surf somewhat on the same wavelength. And what is perceived seems to hold more value than what actually is.  

Believing can be very strong, yet the strength of the belief is not necessarily an indication of how true the foundation of the belief is. Believing can become make-believe ...and who can say which is which, or define those much varied exact moments.

Faith by definition requires us to believe in things we cannot sense ...which mostly refers to seeing.  But we can also often smell trouble, taste victory or defeat, hear our inner strivings, or touch another's heart.  

What is the strongest sense??  Well, a polecat would quickly alert us to its scents by alarming more than one sense ...progressing from smell, to taste, then gag.  Also challenging our inner strivings, we may cry out, "Why me!!"  

Yet, though that odiferous encounter may be difficult to distance ourselves from, the encounter that usually has even more of a lasting effect ...is love.

We can believe in, and by our heart ...yet, when we speak of love, who has the loftiest claim to such a high commodity as love.