TLC and a rather good Vintage!

I had a bit of a rant about 'The Rapture' on Donut Child the other day. I suppose I could not believe that some idiot, organized religion was getting so much publicity. Get me...I gave it publicity. Doh! This Blog is not about religion it is just about us and our faith in each other. I may be dismissive about organized religion and I DO respect those that practice it within their hearts but I struggle to cope with others that feel the need to force me to participate in their God Delusion. Oh Bugger I am just digging myself a deeper hole.

Let me put this into some sort of context. I was about 23 when a relative was diagnosed with liver cancer. She was the same age as I am now. Just 47 years old. Let us just call her Doris for arguements sake. Doris had three weeks from her diagnosis of a terribly painful cancer to her death. She calmly put her affairs in order, sorted out her will and asked for a humanitarian service with no flowers as she would not be present to appreciate them. I remember thinking at the time how brave and rather stupid she was. I hedged my bets at the age of 23, I said my Hari Krishna once a week, my Hail Mary and The Lords Prayer before I nodded off at night. I did not realise it at the time but she was one of the bravest people I have ever met.

It takes a courageous person to dismiss the religion that your parents passed on to you. I was more unfortunate than most. I was brought up within a predominately Catholic family. I won't go into what disillusioned me, suffice to say, one particular Donut Child knows why, and of course I learned to think for myself, something I am able to thank my Father for.

My distrust of religion does not mean I am devoid of Kindness, Love and Respect for others. We all need a little Tender Loving Care. We all appreciate something to believe in, it is called HOPE and as I said in my last Blog, if you put 300 of us in a plane and stick it in a dive, we will all revert to form and pray to the 'God' we have been taught to pray to.

For me, I want to concentrate on one day at a time. I need to get my priorities in order and they start with my family. If I stumble across someone in need or a person who I can help then yeah, why not? If it makes you feel good and gives hope to another then get on with it. This Random Acts of Kindness thing does work. Try it, you may surprise yourself! Oh, just in case you think I have gone all Mushy....my latest RAK was repaid by 6 bottles of a rather good wine!

Namaste

Muse x

PS Still working on my road rage....