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There are many things I fleetingly wonder about, but I rarely take the time to pursue my thoughts further. I have this memory that is very vivid from my childhood. I was standing in my grandma's driveway, I must of been 5 or 6 and thinking "why/how do I exist?" That memory comes back to me all the time, but for years I have just followed religious beliefs to answer that question superficially and left it at that. Now that I am layed up for a few weeks, I thought I would spend more time figuring… Continue

My husband and I have been having many discussions lately regarding religion - we currently do not share the same beliefs which has been a strain on our relationship in the past 5 years - but we are handling much better - we were recently in NYC and popped into a small Tibetan shop - there was a lovely card with a quote from the Dalai Lama that really resonated with both of us despite our differences:

Looking Within
by H.H. The XIV th Dalai Lama

The very purpose of religion
is to control yours… Continue