Although I am 53, most of my friends say I look around 50. I think it's because of all the working out I do. I was student body president of our junior high. My position allowed the basketball team to get new uniforms. They went 5-2 that year (vs. 6-1 the previous season). Note: when I first started writing this--and running it by him--my dog was all frisky & alert. Now this. He doesn't tend to support me in the self-esteem department:.......Let's see--what else? I don't feel entirely comfortable around either extremely intelligent or profoundly ignorant people. In the remote possibility I was teamed up with Stephen Hawking & Jessica Simpson on a talk show it could be very distressing for me.............I'm also trying to be more animated in my day to day relationships with people & express more warmth in my writing. Friends have complained that I'm become far too sardonic, and want me to be more emotionally invested in life. Change is not easy--so to facilitate the process of unthawing whatever sentiment resides within me, I've begun a discipline of watching Ernest Borgnine (pic below) films. Hopefully this will produce some positive results.........I consider myself a very spiritual person. I've read almost all the works by Eckhart Tolle, Deepak Chopra & Alan Watts--in addition to be thoroughly versed in the holy scriptures. I'm now at a place in my life, I believe, where I can pretty much look at anything....and decide strictly from a plain of pure consciousness whether I want to partake or not.Mandy and Ashley (above)--former members of my meditation group--testing my focus.... ......That said, I'm not dogmatic about belief systems. The main criteria is just whether it works for you--whether there are tangible results to your practice. Even the Bible makes it plain that faith is the SUBSTANCE of things hoped for. If you have no results from your spiritual practice, than I question whether you indeed are spiritual. At least that's the way I see it.Of course we all face rough patches in our life...and sometimes, in spite of whatever devotional habits, exercise program, diet or support system we turn to...it isn't sufficient to help us make it through the day. As a last resort some of us turn to unconventional methods to give our spirits that needed boost. It is not something I generally condone. But if you truly believe it is the only option available--then I'll try to refrain from being judgemental--particularily if you are on my friends list, and comment regularly on my page.
