So it has been a bit since I have been here.  It has been a busy year.  Not much has changed in my life.  I am still working at the same job and enjoying it a lot.   I think working with people you like is very important.   You also need to feel good about your work and feel that you are appreciated.  

I have been doing some work on an old metal lathe lately.   I find working with my hands is very rewarding.  See something that looks like and old nothing change into something that looks really good gives me a gratifying experience.  I am not artistic and I wish I was.   I see things that others have done and I get inspired to try it too.  Then I  try to get started but nothing good comes of it.  Some of the problem is probably being colour blind.   Another issue could be I just am not that coordinated.   This could hinder my hidden artistic talents.   But mostly I think that some people are artsy and others of us just wish we were.

I will have to post a couple pictures when I get a chance.

Take Care

Where to begin.   I am a pretty confused person.  I am both religious but also in a group that is less than accepted by society in general.  So I am often not sure who I am.   Or where I fit.

When I say religious I do not mean judgemental.   One of my favourite quotes was when Pope Benedict (yes read Catholic into this) said " the Church is not the morality police.  The job of the Church is to bring people to God."   And this is what I think I should do as someone who is religious.

If I was to condemn others I think I would be condemning myself.

So why religious, if a lot about me is not really acceptable in a traditional religious viewpoint?  First because I have a strong belief that there is a God and have had a lot of incidences in my life that have convinced me of this.  I don't think we need to expect anything from God.  He has already done a lot.  I think it is time we did something for him to show our thanks.   Second because I have a great desire to help others.   Being part of religious group has given me an opportunity to do this.   I do not want or desire thanks or praise.  I like being anonymous.   And I am NO saint.   I do what I do because I like to.   I will not get involved in something I do not like.

 Religious groups do a lot more to help society and the underprivileged than the media shows.   I think it is too bad the media likes to highlight all the negativity in organized religion.   And yes I admit there is a lot of negatives to organized religion.

What else should I write at this point.  Hmmm  I guess that I strongly believe that God like differences.   Trees are not all the same.  People are not all the same.  Flowers are not all the same.  Blab Blab Blab.  So I don't believe there is one true religion.  I think God is saying, here are a lot of religions that are acceptable.   Find one that works for you.

So there you have a glimpse of me.   Nothing to amazing or exciting.      So why am I writing this?  That I don't know either.   Maybe because I have read a lot of other blogs and have found them interesting even though often the people writing do not seem to see that they are.  There is another possibility too.   Maybe just too much wine.   Take Care