Good or Bad

More often than not, we usually think about things classifying them in two basic cathegories: good and bad. Sex: good or bad. Change: good or bad. Religion: good or bad. Working: good or bad. Money: good or bad. This classification defines the attitude we will show in the face of these things. That's also how we develop prejudices and spread them.

There are things, however that simply are... what they are. Change is just that: change. Sex is just that: sex. Religion is that: religion. They are not good or bad, they are what you make of them. They can be good, they can be bad, they can be both or they can morph into something different when you impose your expectations on them. Sex is sex. It's not love, but it isn't either a procedure to stain a person or destroy their reputation. Change is change. It's not the end of the world, not the big doom or the Mayan Apocalipsis. It's not the big opportunity, the corncupia of plenty which will automatically make all your dreams come true. It's not a death sentence, not the lottery price. Change is just change. So with religion. It is not the "opium of the masses", nor the Big Evil, but it's not either "the only way to salvation" or "the only good and acceptable way of life".

Just as so, relationships are relationships, parenthood is parenthood, childhood is childhood and old age is just old age. Charging things with invented meanings, with the baseless concept brought by prejudices only makes things heavier on us, chips away the joy, takes away the pleasure of exploration. Yes, judge things - you know already that that's the way we know them - but don't pass sentence without giving yourself a chance to know each case. And when you do pass sentence, be aware what are you passing sentence on. Change isn't the responsible for you loosing your job, but the culprit might be a series of bad decisions, either on your side, or on the side of other people. Women or men aren't evil and out there to get you, even if your last relationships were with people who wanted to hurt you and abused of you

Open your eyes, smell the coffee, and as you do, you'll realize that the world isn't as crappy as you thought it was. Blessed Be!