Life/Reality is-

Life is Beautiful. Life is Horrific. Life is Everything in between.

As a religious believer, I only saw this present life as something to endure. My entire life was spent preparing for a post-Armageddon world where true, lasting happiness will finally be possible. When Jehovah's Witnesses face hardships, the response is automatic: "I can't wait for the New System!" "Jehovah's New World will be here soon, then no one will need to endure this (insert painful event here)!" This life needs to be endured, because it is terrible. It's not part of God's original plan for us, it is Satan's world, at emnity with Jehovah's Kingdom. Yadda Yadda (insert scriptures here) Yadda.

I never knew that shedding belief in a god could open up amazing possibilities! There is beauty in this life! Yes, the tradegies are still here, but it's not a result of a God/Satan, Good/Evil struggle. It's because nature has no rewards/punishments, no mercy or malice inherent in its design. There is only cause/effect. Concepts of rewards, of justice come from the human mind, imposed upon reality by us. As it should be!!! Whatever potential others may have to enjoy life, we must help to push open the doors of opportunity to. For us, for them.

I am responsible for my well-being. I am responsible for discovering meaning in this life. This is my privelege and my burden. I've spent a lifetime letting "fiction" carry that responsibility, in exchange for empty promises.

No more.

monday, 30Jul2012

"Life Is Beautiful" by Sixxx A.M.