Merry Meet

Before I begin my post tonight, I’d really like to thank everyone who has commented on this blog. It’s not the most popular blog in the world (yet), but the number of kind and sincere comments I receive from people of various paths and faiths has really been encouraging! I have not responded individually to all of you, but thanks!

I find myself thinking about 2009. I’m staring at a picture of Barack Obama, wondering how it is that so many people think his birth certificate is not valid. (I happen to be an Obama supporter, but other said the same of McCain’s origin and factually speaking both men are/were eligible to be president if so elected.) The man is only human, but he hasn’t really screwed up (yet) … at least not on a “Read my lips/I did not have sexual relations with that woman/I am not a crook” level. People are still talking about the birth certificate, though. Why is that? Are they afraid of failure? Success?

I hesitated writing this because it is political in nature, by my point isn’t political at all. This is really an examination of faith, not in a strictly religious sense, but in a general way, more like Shepherd Book from Firefly might want  you to see it. I feel like this is important to me as a universalist and a pagan and a human being because I don’t necessarily see a higher power strictly defined in any one way. However, I do see a specific place and need for faith in my life–faith in my work, relationship, career, friends, and abilities; faith in myself. Looking at Obama, I suppose it just might be nice to have him ‘prove’ the faith that I have in my country, as though that would validate other aspects of my life. However, I guess that’s the thing about faith, it can be intangible, even if it’s there.

Growing tired of the wintry months I am astutely conscious of the season. I won’t lie and say I’m particularly devout, but I do make it a point to go outside every day, even without my daily commute which includes a walk. Today I was trying to find positive in the horrible weather, and what I came up with was balance. We might not value spring if winter wasn’t so harsh. That very concept is at the center of my spiritual ideals.

What do you think?

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