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How has a hobby or interest improved you as a person?

My interest in the spiritual aspects of one's life can be traced back to my childhood. My parents weren't overtly religious and as a result of such, I was never raised into a specific belief system. However despite this, throughout my elementary years I attended the local Catholic school of Regina Coeli. I was far from being the most enthusiastic church-goer, but this experience planted a small seed that piqued my interest into what would become one of the greatest parts of my life.

As a youngster, I became enthralled with this thing called “religion”. Good people had religion and bad people didn't. For somebody in the second grade, it didn't get any simpler than this. I prayed every night, confessed my sins and read my Bible daily. Pascal's Wager was my almighty trump card and numerous creeds and prayers were memorized faithfully. I had never gotten baptized or received any form of “initiation” into the church, but I considered myself one of them and labeled myself a Catholic when asked about my faith.

In my sixth grade year, upon transfer to Marlington Middle School, my church-going stopped. Prayer and faith were tossed out the window as other, seemingly more important activities took their place. I begrudingly dropped the title of “Catholic” and resigned to being a Christian. My Bible collected dust and I lost any and all interest in anything of the sort for the next four years.

In the summer of my sophomore year, a friend had introduced me to a new way to waste away the hours online – Yahoo!Answers. I started in the “Comics & Animation” section, but eventually had landed in the very definition of debate and argument, and place I still fondly visit for hours a day: “Religion & Spiritually”.

It started out as great fun, trolling forums and starting online drama. But the more I became addicted to R&S, the more I began to get serious about the questions I was asking and the answers I was giving. Atheism, Islam, Christianity, Paganism...these religions and many, many more were all presented in one small webpage. Suddenly, I wanted to know more. I wanted to know about every religion out there, every spiritual path and even those considered too “taboo” for normal society.

During the beginning of this revelation, I was thick-headed and narrow-minded. Everything was about me, and I started arguments over everything and anything with anyone. I was disrespectful, rude and self-absorbed. Anything other than my viewpoint or my opinion was wrong. I didn't know what exactly drew me to look into these seemingly alien practices and beliefs, but I did it and began the biggest, and what I consider the best, transformation of my life.

Researching became second-nature to me. From reading various websites to e-mailing those of different faiths to renting out books from the library, it was my life that summer. As I got deeper and deeper and my understanding of them grew, I fearfully realized that I agreed with some of these other systems. Some of which conflicted with my current identification of a Christian. I had began to loose my faith in the god I had thought to be true and was surely on my way to being a horrid person.

Oddly enough, I didn't stop looking. Although I was scared, I didn't want to give up. Then...something clicked. As I delved deeper and really began to question myself and core beliefs, I realized that I still did believe in a god. It may not be the Christian god precisely (which, I believe is just one interpretation of something much, much larger) but a deity nonetheless. Spiritually and religion were no longer seen together as a package deal, but something unique and completely separate from each other. I began anew, and knew then what my set path would be.

This experience had the same effect on me as the ocean waves do upon broken glass. My edges were smoothed away. I felt fresh, clean and ridiculously happy. I learned to accept those who are different and to see and understand others' point of view on multiple subjects. I now accept when I am wrong and will admit when others are right. Open-mindedness is now a huge part of my personality and I am just an overall better person. This doesn't mean that I will ever stop studying theology and it's workings, if anything it confirms just the opposite. My interest in spiritually gave me a wake-up call. It gave me one of the greatest gifts I could as for and will ever get: myself.

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I'm going into high school and I'm wondering what high school I should go to.
My choices are:Our Lady Of Victory,Maria Regina,Ursuline
I like the education part for OLV but the clubs aren't so great and alot of people told me that alot of the people who go there are slutty.(btw these are all Catholic all girl schools)
I like the clubs at MR and I don't know about the education cause when I went to the open house I wasnt paying attention because I really didnt want to go to the school. But now alot of my friends are recommending it.
Ursuline has everyting I like but its like $13,000 and your required to have a laptop.
HELP!!!! I don't know which high school to choose
But like none of my friends are gonna go to Ursuline. Like half the girls in my class are going to OLV and like the 1/3 of them are going to MR.
Like one other girl in my class is thinking of going but other than that NO ONE. My parents say I should judge on the school and not what other people think.
Katie thnx but im probably gonna go2 a catholic all girl school. I just dont no wat skewl 2 go 2. These r the ones i' ve narrowed it down 2. And the schools arent really 2 expensive. I already have a laptop so I don't need 1 if I go ursuline. The schools just far away. Olv and mr r close 2 my house

Try to visit the schools and speak to the students at the school and see what they say.

2007-11-03 13:11:20 by Giffy

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ok...i have a prlbem...i no i do...
i wasnt like this b4...
it all started off when i moved to Ottawa from regina and i made several good friends with the "real me" as i lke to call it, in grde 6 (the year i came)...The real me is not shy and is able to release all strengths instead of holding it back...and especially...i use be the loud kid...but now...ever since i moved to a catholic school...i have been shy, quiet, still have friends but i act shy around them...and im nver the talker, always listener...and now im always quiet and shy...and dont talk that much...I moved back to public school...and there are many ppl that talk to me...but i seem to always hold back my words...like i feel unconfortable when talking...i really wana be my self again...and i belive its all about the confidence...can anyone give me sum advice and help?

Kinda sounds like me when I was young, movin in grd 6 and becomin shy. I am 41 and still shy to a point. I got my confidence by graduating high school and joinin the army. I am not bad when I have nothing personal on the line. But when it comes to trying to make friends or talking to anyone one on one i cant just walk up to anyone and start a conversation.
I am now a foreman at a large scrap recycle place and i talk to people all the time.
My advice would be to not care what others may think of you, be who you are no matter what.
you are all you are, if others cant like it they dont hafta.
If you blush easily, that can be a good thing..... That is one big turn on for some women.... Live your life and be happy with what you are..... shy or not, your the best you there is!

2007-02-24 20:01:16 by no name

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