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A little older. A little older. Time flies so fast that I don’t know where it goes sometimes. It seems like only yesterday that I was stepping into MP100 for a math class that I was 15 minutes late for. Looking back at those times, it would seem that I felt like an outsider looking in. That seems to be the generalized case with a lot of my life. I’ve crafted my life into something that can breathe and accommodate the thought process going on inside of my head; no matter what sort of process that looks like.

For years, I’ve relied on a plethora of ‘boosts’ to help me work better, lift more, or somehow gain an edge on my own talents and abilities. The other night, I realized that if I were to strip away all of these ‘boosts’ and rely solely on my own talents and abilities, I’d still come out on top. [tweetable]People fear failure just as much as they fear realizing their potential. [/tweetable]

I wonder what a world would look like where all of the religious differences that have separated generations of people…would cease to exist as a divider. Rather, each person would find their own path, perhaps not exactly as they had anticipated it but even better. Perhaps golden streets could give way to realizing that your ******* neighbor was here along with you….and that their belief was also embedded into this experience for you to enjoy and benefit from. Rather than holding knives to the throats of each other, we would hold hands in love. Instead of dividing and conquering ground to claim, we would find common ground among our beliefs and exist within a spirit of love.

I can’t speak for other faiths, as I was not raised in them. However, as a former christian-turned-agnostic, I have to ask myself how I would respond if I died as a christian, only to find members of a different faith in the ‘afterlife’ I found myself in. Would I be upset? Happy?

Being afraid of the unknown is a very real thing.

I have a really nice schedule this month of family time. I’m very, very grateful to be able to spend the time with them and  look forward to it more than I know how to express.

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