Delirity

This year at Easter I found myself thinking about religion. Maybe this is normal, but I’m not a terribly religious person, so for me Easter isn’t much of a religious celebration. Instead, I see religious holidays (and all holidays for that matter) as a time for family and friends to come together and think of each other.

Many of our friends here in Portland are church-goers (and fairly religious church-goers at that!). In some ways I envy the social network that they’ve found and enjoy so much (where else is it so easy to find “quality” people in this age group?) – but I don’t think I could ever choose that path for myself. I had the same problem when I stopped going to church when I was 8 – why would I join a group where I don’t share the beliefs that are the the foundation of their relationships?

Over the years I’ve had a few people ask me pointed questions about what I do believe. So, how about this:

• I believe we should treat each other with respect and love
• I believe that once my basic needs are met (and this does include a little me time every day), I should spend a good chunk of my energy doing things for other people before I look back to myself
• I believe I should be responsible for my actions
• I believe I need to try to make the most of what Ihave, even when I don’t feel like I’ve got a lot
• I believe that people should celebrate our different beliefs and realize that for the most part, they boil down to the same thing: living a good life
• As for the really bad things out in the world – they exist. I try not to allow the bad things into my life, but if they intrude, they have to be dealt with just like anything else.

Shortly before Easter I also saw a news segment about not complaining. It seems to me like complaining less and appreciating more is a good way to go. I think it seems like a good thing for me to work on during April!

P.S. I appreciate that it snowed yesterday and that it is starting to snow today! Amazing weather for Portland at the end of March!

• I take more pills (mostly supplements) in a given day than most 90 year old woman (~11 different types of pills, taken between 5 times throughout the day)
• I’ve never hiked up to Multnomah Falls and should really do it soon
• I don’t understand why society seems to feel some sort of entitlement to “things” – it’s true that connections do play a large role in what works out for us, but hard (and good quality) work plays a big part as well
• It annoys me that our government is happy to take out “loans” from other countries and weaken the value of our money so that we can buy more things (our extra check will be going to loan payments) – How about we try to teach financial responsibility instead and only buy what we can afford?
• How come it seems like I’m always cleaning my kitchen?
• Why does my computer keep turning off? (Note to self – check out connections in case soon.)
• When I finish a good book I’m sad that I’ll never know more about the characters – but please don’t make things into a series that will go on forever
• Jesse and I are both B+ – it makes it much easier to follow the blood type diet than if he wasn’t the same type as me!
• I like writing letters, but I feel like I haven’t had much to write about recently – maybe the trick is to find the beauty in the mundane and focus on a small moment in time as opposed to “what’s been going on recently” (I’ll give this a try soon – I have a card all ready to go!)
• I need to go buy new tires, but I think it’ll have to happen during the week when the shop isn’t so crowded!