Spirituality and God

Is being spiritual mean that I need to believe in God, a Higher Power?  No, I would not define it to be that.  My definition of being spiritual is how I live my life and how I view others.  A belief in God is not a part of how I conduct my life and how I want to focus on love and compassion.

The reading about people's near death experiences, noting how many synchronistic events occur, and just plain miracles that I hear about helps me justify my belief or maybe just brought me to that acknowledgement of God.

I want to embrace this belief in God, shaky as my belief is.  I want to know that I am not alone, that I have help, that my life has meaning.  I do believe that I grasp at the idea of God because it gives me a sense of hope, that I am not alone facing my life's difficulties.  This is more of I am able to get through life, to keep me going.  Plus I guess it helps to have a "secret friend" a la a stuffed animal to comfort me in those times of need and distress.

I see this belief in a Higher Power is a mechanism that assists me in getting through life  Not a great, self sufficient spiritual way of looking at God and frankly, a self serving way.

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK or BELIEVE.  PLEASE COMMENT.