journal 19

Nature and spirituality are very important in the cycle of life and death. Nature seems to be in your life as soon as you are born. As a child, your parents are always bugging you to go outside and play. I know that the phrases I heard day after day, such as "It's a beautiful day, go enjoy it!" or "Get off the computer and go outside," were always a delight to hear. And by delight, I mean an annoyance. You also see nature in school. I think that in every science class I had in elementary and middle school, nature was involved. We had trips to the habitat to look at bugs, trees, leaves, the pond, and so much more. We studied nature.

Spirituality also seems to start right at birth. In this day and age, most kids are the same religion as their parents. For example, my parents were raised Christian, so they raised me to be a Christian. I will probably raise my children to be Christian as well unless they choose otherwise. People of all religion seem to raise their children to be the same religion as them. With multiple churches per town, spirituality is hard to ignore. I am sure that even Atheists contemplate spirituality.

Spirituality is not just religion, spirituality could also be believing in ghosts. I believe in ghosts and spirits. I have heard so many stories that you never know are true or not, but they seem believable. My parents do not believe in ghosts, so I guess I went with my own path on that choice. Some of the things that I have heard makes me believe in ghosts and spirits.

Spirituality is very important because it brings creativity. Without believing in something, you kind of just live your life and then disappear. Some people who believe strongly in a religion think that there is no point to living if there is no God. The point of life to some people is to prove to your God that you are worthy to live with him. Religion gives people something to believe them and gives them hope for something better with their lives.

Spirituality and religion are very important in the circle of life and death, especially to someone who believes in a religion.