Eventually, I came to realise that doubt was a companion, every bit as resilient and persistent as faith, and she wasn’t going away. I realised that she had some things to teach me, and I decided that since I couldn’t shut her up or drive her away, I might as well learn from her.*
Brian McLaren

Whence all creation had its origin,
he, whether he fashioned it or whether he didn’t,
he who surveys it all from highest heaven,
he knows, or maybe even he does not know.**
Rig Veda

Certainty has been a good and helpful friend,
But sometimes a dangerous ami,
Whilst doubt has become the companion that embraces openness
and questioning, leading me to change.

Change is life –
I have my doubts to thank for this;
Though I must be careful to mind that doubt can overdo it,
I have come to see that certainty has sometimes manipulated and impeded me.

*Brian McLaren’s Faith After Doubt;
**James Carse’s Breakfast At the Victory.