I love my life, how's yours?

Did you know there is only one "right" way of doing things.  Especially if you are small minded.  How sad it is to live your life in a narrow hallway of self righteous garbage.  Never opening a door or peeping out the window in fear the "evils" of the world might rush in and mar your perfect view of the little world you have created.  Never is this more evident to me when you meet someone who is standing on this moral high ground, talking down to you.  It must be nice to hen peck bits and pieces of whatever works for you and call it your religion or faith.  Really?  What do you have faith in, your ability to spin a yarn of bullshit so deep you can't even find your way out?

Well, I go to church on Sundays, pay my church dues, and preach to everyone I can find to listen that my way is the right way.  But then on the weekdays I engage in premarital sex, try to screw my neighbor's wife, gamble at the casino, and gossip.  WOW, and call me uneducated, ignorant, or faithless because I don't buy into what you are saying.  I am just trying to live my life in the best way possible, striving to be a better person, to live in service of others.  To listen, and weigh all things. I don't think God has a problem with that.  I don't think God gave us information and knowledge so we could never ask questions or think critically.  I don't think he handed his words down to be taken so literally there is no room for any other interpretation.  For example, God said, be fruitful and multiply. What does that mean to you?  Some would use it as a ticket to reproduce as much as possible, never weighing the consequences or responsibilities of their actions.  I use it as a guideline to live by, be fruitful in your interactions with others, share knowledge, multiply your blessings in ALL aspects of your life.  So no, I don't always agree with you.  But it's not because I am ignorant, it's because I believe everyone is entitled to their own opinions and beliefs.  And if it is working for them who am I to say whether is wrong or right?


My Mom often used the quote: Judge not, yest ye be judged.  Don't judge others unless you are ready to subject yourself to some judgment.  I think the best we can do is acknowledge that no, we are not perfect.  Life is a journey, and if you use it wisely, you use it to grow.  Not just in the literal sense, but in the figurative sense too.  To learn, to think, to strive to be a better person, to love others, and to share your blessings. I think that you are a better person to admit your faults, than try to hide them.  To hide behind this idea you have of faith.  Faith should not be used to beat other people down, and make them feel less than.  I think Faith in itself should lift people up, to make them feel happy and peaceful.   So really, if you spend your time in judgment of and looking down on others from your pedestal,  how happy and peaceful can you be feeling?  Maybe it's time to reevaluate your life instead of focusing so much of your attention on others.....