ANCHOR

sudden thought that struck me so hard that i felt i had to express it in words immediately~
religion grounds me. I am of course, thoroughly not, or even nowhere near being fully educated or informed about my religion.
But a belief in God, definitely has been such an amazing anchor for me. I definitely find solace in confiding, praying because of faith.

And then I thought of Lamo, a friend I made in Ladakh. She is buddhist (as most of the Ladakhis are). But she told me how she lost faith in God after something tragic happened in her life. I genuinely didn't know how to respond. Maybe if I were in her situation, I would have done the same....?

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Sincerely frustrated with inhumane comments etc. I cannot, cannot believe how immature people are. How every single human being deserves equal respect and kindness etc. You don't treat someone differently because of their occupation,intelligence level, race,religion,nationality etc.
I felt so hopeless and helpless when I read/observed horrifying behaviour from people. It's not even about criminals etc. ordinary human beings, members of the public.

Losing faith in human race. Losing faith in certain, particular humans. I get so, so affected at any kind of derogatory comment.
I am obviously nowhere near treating everyone equally. But I consciously remind myself that I should. It is mandatory.

have never,ever felt so strongly about these things before.
and i'm struggling to find like-minded individuals who would share such sentiments with me. this is me being too sensitive, i know. but to me, it is important.
it pains me to be in conversations where individuals take pleasure in mindlessly criticizing someone for something that they didn't even choose to do.
am suddenly reminded of rowan atkinson's argument about criticizing race and religion. his article said we shouldn't criticize someone based on race because it is not something they choose. No one chooses where they are born or the colour of their skin. so it is pointless/completely invalid and silly to criticize someone for something they had no choice. But since religion is a choice, we should be able to criticize openly.

not sure whether i even agree with his point.
BUT but IT IS SO DEMEANING TO CRITICIZE/CONDEMN someone so easily. ugh ugh ugh.

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like-minded souls do sometimes flock together. i am thankful for those few.