So I've spent most of my life being incredibly confused when it comes to religion. It was never something I made a huge part of my life, in fact it was something I often tried to distance myself from. There were just so many things I would read or have questions about and would be told to "just believe, you just have to trust". I guess for me that has always been difficult to do.
I've been doing so much thinking lately with my yoga course. It's opened my eyes in many different ways. It is changing my life on a daily basis. I've become less fearful of religion and more open to hearing what people believe and why they believe what they do. I have become closer with the earth (which probably sounds silly to some people) but it has made me realize this world we are living in is so incredibly magical. The people we share this world with are beautiful. We are fully provided for.
But, upon further thinking and meditation I have come to realize we (America) are such a greedy society. We take more than we need. We waste more than some will ever even have. We don't nurture that earth that provides for us, instead we continue to build and tear down the beautiful, natural habitat that's been created for us. We pollute our air, our ocean, our land. We seem to forget where we began. Living off the land. Growing our own food. Hunting to provide for our family, simply because it was needed to survive. Now we seem to expect meat at every meal, not even stopping to think where it came from or how it got to us. We waste unbelievable amounts of food on a daily basis yet we have people starving in all parts of the world. Our greed seems to be overpowering the need to sustain our earth. The earth that provides for us every single day. The earth that provides us a place to grow our own fruits/vegetables/herbs etc. The earth that allows animals to live and grow. The earth the supplies us with ample amounts of water.
We. Have. So. Much.
Yet we seem to appreciate so little. So much is taken for granted on a daily basis. This isn't me talking just about other people, I am as guilty as the next person. But what is different is that I am learning and I am trying to grow and make changes in attempt to make a difference.
Now, I've gotten a little off track but my whole point is that this world we live in is amazing. As are the people we share it with. Regardless of your religion or what background you have.....love seems to be the bottom line. Sometimes I used to say "If there is a God why would he let these terrible things happen?". But what I seem to have learned is that we make these things happen. We separate people. We create groups of people who are "more important" than others. We have weapons and wars. We create greed over money and materialistic things. We form organized religions that exclude certain people for something they may do differently that others. Instead we should be coming together as one united WORLD. We should all share love and laughter and light. We should grow our own food and raise our animals with love and compassion. We should appreciate that land that has been given to us and never take one square foot for granted. Our love has to be one love, for all creatures, all beings, all land, all of everything on this earth. Then, I believe, changes will begin to happen.
So, as I continue my journey I continue to make changes. I continue to become wiser every day. My eyes are opened a little bit wider with every sunrise. With every sunset I try to reflect what has been given to me and how I became so lucky. I want to stop taking things for granted and TRULY appreciate every little thing that I have. Every beautiful person in my life. The sunsets I see. The moon. The stars. The plants. The animals. Everything. I am so provided for. I am diving deeper into my spiritual practice and continuing to try and find my own path.
Sending all my love to all my friends reading this <3 p="">
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