OT: Protege, I didn't ignore your response..religion/God/faith is a tough one for me to discuss here..it would entail giving a detailed memoir of a devout Catholic political refugee family of the only country in the world to officially become athiest(Albania, under Hoxha's rule) whose daughter, a woman coming of age in NYC 1970's, who for 20 years shopped for spirituality from conventional places of worship to national parks and yoga studios, to the ghettos of Boston, Bay area, New York, Europe, Central and South America as a nurse and citizen..seeing it[faith]expressed in all its majestic beauty, harsh cruelty, truth and hypocricy has led me to believe I'm here to make things better for myself and for others..to strive for perfection knowing full well that it's an unattainable goal, yet without that reaching, I'll be stuck in mediocrity at best and in the dungeon of despair at worst..wearing a cross, a flag, a yellow ribbon or pink ribbon means nothing to me until I've seen what actions are buttressing that symbol..
In my circle of friends, prayer means anything from formal Bible verses to just having a hope for someone/something..on that note, I do HOPE that that Curt Schilling will lead the Red Sox victory! |
