Easter Sunday

Depending on your religious beliefs, today is a holiday. Friday night on my way to Resurrection, my cab driver asked me the meaning of this holiday weekend. Since I was wearing leather chaps, on my way to a leather party on Good Friday and I believe in spirituality over religion, I was probably not the best source. I tried my best from what I could remember from Sunday school and explained that on this day Jesus died. On a cross for our sins. And on Sunday they rolled away the stone and he was gone or alive, those details are a little fuzzy. He was kind enough then to explain his belief in his God. I didn't quite understand his belief but am glad that he has one. I think that it is important to have a belief. And I think that it is personal. I believe that you have to develop your beliefs on your own. It cannot be something that you are taught or are told because that makes it someone else's belief that you are following. It is like believing in yourself. Only you can really do that. Having other people believe in you is great but you need to believe in yourself for it to have real value. Believing in your beliefs is part of believing in yourself. You need not have anyone else share in those beliefs. They are yours. If you need to convince me of your God, it makes me feel that you don't quite believe in him yourself. That you have a need to get as many people on side so that if the majority of the people say it is true, than it must be. I simply believe that there is something else. I do not need a full explanation or a scripture to follow I just believe. I also believe in love, in goodness, in forgiveness, in making mistakes, in learning and in growing. Those are some of my beliefs and I hold them dearly. And they are mine. So today celebrate your beliefs and let others celebrate theirs. Happy Easter.