New Year’s Resolutions for the Resolution-less
Maybe you haven’t gotten a chance to write your New Year’s resolutions yet. Maybe you were thinking about recycling your 2015 resolutions because you can’t…
apologizing
To this day I feel guilt about what I put my parents through when I was younger… It’s as important to acknowledge your mistakes as it is to get credit for your victories. — Lady Gaga
FAST from all mind or mood-altering substances today (except for prescribed medicines) including alcohol, drugs, caffeine, cigarettes, etc. PRAY about the most recent situation you…
Apologizing for My Catholicism (or sometimes lack thereof)
As a sometime Catholic, I often find myself apologizing. Primarily, I find myself apologizing to those more devout than myself for my negligence. This comes up most often having dinner at my parents’ house with the priests from their parish, who ask the perfectly innocent questions of why they haven’t seen me in a while or where I go to church in my neighborhood.
The other side of the coin is having to apologize for having religious convictions at all. As someone in my twenties living in an urban area and in a so-called creative profession, it’s generally assumed by my acquaintances and associates that I am either an atheist or subscribe to some kind of a New Age-y religion (possibly with the intention of annoying my more conventional parents)…
