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Affichage des articles du décembre, 2016

Faith Vs Religion

Born in a Catholic family, I was baptized as an infant. At a young age, my parents took me to church. I grew up to understand what I was doing. I received the Sacraments when the time was right. In short, I was living as I should. The time came when I turned into a person who prayed out of habit. I dozed of in the Holy Mass sometimes, not because I wanted to but I couldn't fight it off. I despised group prayers because instead of helping me grow, I started judging and analyzing everything we talked about. At times, I would get out of the mass without remembering what they had preached. I don't blame this on the church. In reality, many people fail to see what they are doing wrong because they are under the wing of the church.  Some people go to church as a way to put their wrong doings under a different name. As an example, many people define their sins as weaknesses and believe that God will accept them as they are. Several Churches exist solely for extracting money from the r...

No longer a Highschool student

The nineteenth of November this year, I left the gates of Gashora Girls Academy. I will never return there as a Gashora student, instead I will go as an alumnae. Next year in January, everyone will go to school and I will remain at home. It is good news right?  But then you lose the certainty of being a highschool student. The privileges you were given just fly away. Usually I went to school with a given amount of pocket money. I was never ashamed of asking for more in the middle of the term. Now, if I ask for transport money more than twice a week. I start feeling ashamed and bad about it. In highschool, I never worried about keeping in touch with my classmates. I knew that after a week or two of vacation, I would meet them again at school for three months or more. Now, I have to struggle to keep the flame of friendship ablaze. If I don't, I know it will die out over time. I love independence, but it comes at a price. Yes, you get to do whatever you want. But then, whenever you...