Son of Inspirational Quotes
One of my coworkers has taken a great interest in my well-being. She worries that my life is lacking in fun. She thinks I'm miserable. Her reasoning? I don't like to get drunk and I don't like dancing. Clearly, I'm not having any fun at all.
However, she was also concerned that after dropping my Catholic faith (which I did sometime around my Senior year of high school) I had yet to pick up another religion. She said something that sounded like, "a person needs to have direction in their life so they can continue growing." Err...it was something like that.
Anyway, while walking around D.C. yesterday, questions about my spiritual well-being were tumbling about in my head. As I sat in Tryst, reading The Masked Rider, by Neil Peart, I came across a section where he was wrestling with the same questions. His response to these questions I found particularly relevant to my own situation.
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"I can worship Nature, and that fulfills my need for miracles and beauty. Art gives a spiritual depth to existence -- I can find worlds bigger and deeper than my own in music, paintings, and books. And from my friends and family I receive the highest benediction, emotional contact and personal affirmation. I can bow before the works of Man, from buildings to babies, and that fulfills my need for wonder. I can believe in the sanctity of Life, and that becomes the Revealed Word, to live my life as I believe it should be, not as I'm told to by self-appointed guides.
There are holy virtues too in this Life-worship: artistry, integrity, love, ideas, and discovery. Yes, even laughter. And no other system permits the one instinctive first cause: your own existence. You'll never be asked to die for Life. At least not for a while."
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I agree.
So as I made the walk home yesterday, I felt good about myself and my outlook on life. I'm doing okay, I think. Do you think she has any need to worry? I don't.
Posted by Mr. Eff on 05/30/2004 || link
