These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

English Sonnet: "I Think, Therefore I Believe"

To think I must. Believe is my design.
My mind hath much to trust of fellowman.
Believe I must, that eating out is fine
or fear will stop my ev'ry waking plan.

To think I must. Believe is how I breathe.
Believe, I do, that gravity is true.
I walk outside with naught, that doth deceive.
Still on the ground I am when walk is through.

To think I must. Believe still weaves my soul.
Each thing I do requires my lasting trust.
When Life is o'er, belief will keep me whole.
I trust His Merits, Who hath made me just.

To think believe the Merits of the Truth.
I have believed Him, since my very youth.

by Jay O’Toole
on January 22nd, 2026