Spirituality

Spirituality, to me, means the way an individual connects with the power of his highest self.

Many people appear to want the rites and rituals of a formal religion, a communal way of reaching God by following the rules ordained by those who went before.  "Whenever two or more are gathered in his name."

Others seem to prefer to find that connection through nature, or science.  The order, the balance, comes more through rules that are ordered by the universe.

And some look for it within themselves, meditating, praying, listening.

I think each one of us has to do it the way that works for us. It is the belief, the idea that there is something bigger than us out there and we are part of it that makes the difference.

Without that there is an ominous sense of powerlessness in life when things happen that are not rational, or make no sense.  There is nowhere to turn when power, or money, or brute force cannot change something uncomfortable into something bearable without the belief that there is something bigger and unknowable.

What ever power created the universe and everything within it, exists.  My belief in it, my name for it, my way of reaching out to it doesn't really matter. The euphoria of KNOWING, or having FAITH, or BELIEVING, as powerful as it is, can often be fleeting, or elusive. 

Spirituality is the river that is always there, even when the miracles are far apart. It is the lap I crawl up into when I want to touch it.  It is what holds me close and whispers in my ear,  "It's not time to worry," or "Tomorrow is another day," or "I've got your back."

Whatever metaphor I use to express the inexpressible comfort I find in the unknowable, it is what it is.