Stormy's blog: "My Rant of the Day"

I’m stuck in a closed minded, self righteous, bible thumping society.  How does this make me the crazy one for believing in my own self enlightenment and not in a two-thousand year old fairy tail?  What if you’re wrong and this is the only life you’ll have?  What if you’ve been to busy trying to please the sky for a place in it when you should’ve been living for the moment with your feet on the ground?  Why not take life by the horns and do what makes your heart happy instead of putting all your faith in a place that might not be there in the end?  You don’t need the sky to forgive you your foibles when you should embrace who you are and live life accordingly.  Treat others as you want to be treated and they should reciprocate.  A smile gets a smile and a frown gets a frown.

It’s not hard to believe in a universe formed out of coincidence when science and liner thinking come into play.  Though I guess it’s easier to put your faith in an outside source.  That way you don’t have to blame yourself when “the shit hits the fan”.  I say we preach self control and to be responsible for our own actions instead of teaching the next generation how to sin and be forgiven in an imaginary afterlife.  If we were raised with the notion that this is the only life we get, maybe we’d hold life and freedom in higher regard.  Then maybe we could all just get along long enough to change things for all of us, not just the people with power or money.  Stupid is as stupid does.

I know I’m not perfect.  I have a lot of things I want to change about myself but they’re things I want to change about myself.  I want to make myself a better person for all who choose to love and or befriend me. I want the self satisfaction of knowing when I’m worm food the people that knew me missed me and not were glad to see "that ass munch finally kick the bucket".  I’m nowhere near where I want to be but if I live my life right I never will.  When making an omelet do you not break a few eggs? 

I know my opinion is just my opinion but I don’t let my opinion stop me from listening to yours.  Who’s right and who’s wrong eventually doesn’t matter when death has the last word.  We should all just be glad that we had time to form an opinion in the first place.  Of course all of this ranting is just my opinion and I speak for no one else but me.

3/19/2009