Not sure where to put this...

[jennifer75]

I was going to reply to Melisande's OP in another thread, but decided my reply was more of a question, of a different sort and best to just make my on thread. Here goes, and I quote:


Thing is - I don't have that. I don't have belief. I have nowhere to search for comfort.

Having said that, I'd imagine you are a little more open to finding "belief" in a religion, now?

I'm not religous at all, but I don't "not believe" in a/my God.

Yesterday I was talking with somebody who is Christian (what does that mean exactly?) raised in a Catholic home. She doesn't attend church on the regular, but goes when she feels she needs for lack of a better word, refreshing, revitalizing, rejuvinating, or needs to feel alive in any given situation she may find herself in.

And I thought, just from hearing the way she said it, God, that sounds fabulous. Theraputic in a sense. Is it wrong to only seek spiritual guidance when you need it, but not to devote yourself to it completely?

[Unique]

I can only speak for my own beliefs - but I'd say No. Not if you give back to others in that way when they have that need (or something else you can do for them) in return.

Sometimes it's just the simple act of listening that makes a difference. Just the other day I NEEDED. All the 'answers' were inside me and I knew it. But when my friend listened, my world lined back up right and I was 'healed' for lack of a better term.

Did anything really change? No. Not really. But simply speaking it out loud to someone who listened made all the difference.

YMMV