One of my favorite past times is gazing out at that great black quilt in the sky and counting the amount of stars I can perceive. I can just stand there for hours gazing up at the sky, like a turkey in the rain. This is something I have always done since I was a child, it helps relieve my stress. The problem is that I often find myself wishing on the brightest, or first, star that I see. Why is this a problem you ask? Well it is very simple, I am not religious. This may seem like a far fetched connection, and sort of idiotic, yet follow me on this thought process.
When I was growing up I was all for the idea of religion and believing in some greater being, yet in my older age I found myself lacking faith. I just could not bring myself to believe that there is some greater being that is dictating everyone and everything in existence. Certainly it is a nice thought to have, I mean you can always scapegoat your actions on this thing that is bigger than you ever can be. You can even just ask, or pray, for some help and this being is supposedly going to help you through your problems. Sorry, I cannot bring myself to follow this trend that so many people have fallen into, or at least that is what I thought.
One day I was walking down one of the main streets of Phoenix at night and found myself contemplating religion and my obsession with stars. That was when it hit me. My wishing on stars is, in theory, no different than someone asking that being for help. My wishes were nothing more than diluted prayers. Sure I may not be praying to the same being that a religion would pray to but, I was at least praying. Now does this mean that I admit I am religious and will start searching for my religion to follow? No, of course not, that would be a ridiculous thought. I mean, after all, I am just a turkey staring up at the sky, counting stars. Enjoy your day.
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Look i belive that there is more out there than. Wether or not the religons of today have it correct or not i am going to hold out hope that there is more than peice of rock we call earth.Evolution has to many holes in it for me to belive in it absolt. I think Evolution is a tool of what we call God. It is a way of adaption to life not the creation of life. They have already proved Evolution is not completly true according to darwan. There are many peices of proof to this statment. I understand why people do not belive in a "God" but i would like to know the hell i go though here will end and then i will finally be in peace. Yes i wont there to be a "Heaven". My own personal shangri la. Just relax and take note while i take tokes off the marijuana.
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