This is one of an unkown number of days in the blink of time called your life

[Tamara Day]

I suppose, the one thing that makes today truly remarkable, is the fact that I did not feel guilty for telling an old friend why I don't go to church anymore. The issue, I explained to her, wasn't her church, but any church. If the point of church is to worship a god, and I lack a belief in any god, then what would be my purpose there?

Her answer, a typical one at that, was, "Well, all I know, life is so much better when I'm going to church." Why is that? How very sad. Either, her life so devoid of any meaning, that the only meaning she can find is in that of an invisible third party, or that when she is away from church too long, her certainty begins to slip, and doubting frightens her. Both of these are undesirable states of being.

So today was remarkable, because I realized, really for the first time, how much better off I am. Not only do their pleas for my eternal soul no longer hold any weight for me, but their assertions that my life would be fuller with their god hold no bearing on the reality that is my existence.

What a *ahem* blessing :)