My college roommate and I were talking about the importance of self-awareness, particularly in the realm of sexuality and relationships. She told me that one of the things she liked best about college was the freedom to do whatever she wanted. She said that she would be one of those people who got off at the beginning of the semester, but by the end of the semester she was completely free and could do whatever she wanted.
She’s right. Not only do you have that freedom, but you also have it a lot more honestly. When you’re on your own for the first time, the world around you is smaller and much more blurry. You’re on your own and you have to make decisions about what to do and who to be with. By the end of the semester you know what you want to do, but you still don’t know who to be with.
A lot of times, like with college students, youre not really in your comfort zone. Youre not quite sure what’s going on, so youre going to make the decision you’re most comfortable with. But if youre not comfortable with your decision, you will probably end up just going with your gut. This all depends on the time and the situation.
This is sort of a catch-22 situation. But, at the same time, if you dont know youre comfortable with your decisions, you can end up just going with your gut, which means you can end up doing things that youre not comfortable with. You dont always have to choose between a decision and a person. Sometimes you have to choose between a decision and a situation.
The college system in the United States is really great because it creates a much more diverse group of people than even other institutions would. Because college students are more diverse than they would be in a real university, they are more likely to be open to change. I was a freshman at a large state university, so I was probably the only student at my college who was openly atheist or agnostic. I was also the only person who would wear robes.
So that gives me the opportunity to be like, “Hey, you know what? I’m not really interested in all the religious crap that you all have to deal with. I’m interested in the way you guys are doing it. The way you’re doing it is more inclusive than I would be.” So I was like, “I don’t know that I’m really interested in religious stuff.
The point of this anecdote is that atheists have come up with some pretty unique ways of expressing their thoughts and feelings. The more inclusive they are, the more they seem to enjoy talking about it (and, as a result, the harder they make it to hide the more they seem to enjoy it). I have no idea what you all are doing in this thing, but I don’t care. I enjoy watching you guys get together. They are all the same.
Well, the point of my anecdote is that if you’re not going to be inclusive, then you have no business talking about religion, and the religious will just laugh at you because you’re so different from them. The point is that I don’t know what you all are doing in this thing. But I dont care. I enjoy watching you guys get together. They are all the same.
Religion is something that many of my friends from college are into. I am quite the religious fanatic, in fact. However, when I think “religion” I think “church” and “ceremonial”. My point, however, is that when you are a religious fanatic, the whole “church” thing becomes a real bore. I was talking to one of my friends, and she told me that she is a Buddhist.
Buddhism has a lot of concepts and practices that are very similar to Christianity. However, the word “Buddha” is a word that is rarely used anymore on official business. The closest translation I have found is “wisdom teacher.
