The Gypsy on Adventure: Some Quotes and don't judge me you haven't walked in MY shoes!

I think I don't like the Christmas season because I have an issue with organized religion. I like God, I just don't like his fan club, as they say. Actually, in all truth, I don't think I like God at all. I am pretty disappointed in him. My reasons and they are between God and I, and really not up for debate with anyone. I don't throw my beliefs down your throat DON'T throw yours down mine, truly I just don't want to hear it.

It is just that this time of year brings up all sorts of conflicts for me, including those that I feel about religion. I wish I could just be one of those blind sheep, I think that would be easier. But unfortunately being one of the faithful didn't help my life at all, in fact, it hindered it. Only when I left the shackles of some very ancient conflicting fundamental beliefs in the church did I truly gain my freedom and life back. So I tend to get VERY soulful this time of year.

Hum, my boyfriend told me I was, pretty rabid, about how I felt about the church. I guess that kind of really shocked me. I didn't think I talked about religion. But apparently my disappointments have been pretty apparent to the one closest to me. I just don't know if he see's the struggle I have...or if I verbalize it.

I guess I can accept the fact that I am spiritual...but not religious. It is a struggle and it is my struggle.

I usually don't go into religion...and I don't want scathing commentaries on my post...just let me vent my feelings so I can get them out of my body and my mind. My issues have nothing to do with you...unless of course you ARE one of the people that has their finger in the deep reasons and you would know that!

"You don't need organized religion to connect with the universe. Often a church is the only place you can go to find peace and quiet... But it shouldn't be confused with connecting with one's spirit." -- Alice Walker

"The belief that becomes truth for me... is that which allows me the best use of my strength, the best means of putting my virtues into action." -- Andre Gide

"I cannot hold up any book and say, 'Here. This is what I believe.' I do not know of any church where I would feel at home. But I do believe that what people call God refers to something real... I would even go so far as to say that this God of mine makes demands. To learn, to teach, to engage. To be aware of and respect the world around me. To acknowledge that there are things greater then myself and to be humble in their presence." -- Dan Jackson

"The divine is not something high above us. It is in heaven, it is in earth, it is inside us..." -- Morihei Ueshiba

"It is not by meticulous care in avoiding all contaminations that we can keep our [spiritual body] clean and give it grace, but by urging it to give vigorous expression to its inner life in the very midst of all the dust and heat and hurts." -- Rabindranath Tagore