A brief post about what goes on in my head...

Hello!

OK, so since I did a bit about personal history yesterday, I decided I would expound on my personal beliefs.

Let's start with how I view my fellow people. I consider myself a misanthropic humanist. Basically, I love humanity, but hate people. How do I reconcile this, you ask? Simple. I think humanity, as a whole, is pretty grand. Diverse, miraculous, entertaining. But, with the exceptions of family and close friends, I think people are just absolute shit heels. No compassion, completely egocentric, without moral or a sense of accountability. Now, I am not perfect, by any stretch of the imagination. I do, however, try to keep on the right path. I look around and people sadden me. But I am no recluse and surround myself with people of a kindred spirit.

I consider myself Roman Catholic. I haven't been to mass, though, in many years. I hold my faith in my heart. Sometime after high school, I found myself in a quandary about the Church itself, and about belonging to a parish. Again, because of how I view people, in general, it was hard for me to reconcile sharing worship with people who didn't live by the Word. So, I believe in the Trinity and the adoration of Mary and the Saints. I try to live as much as I can by Jesus' teachings, which, contrary to popular belief, is actually very simple - Treat people with equity and justice, and be nice. Simple enough, right?

Politically, I'm a registered democrat, though my beliefs tend to lean toward the socialist end of the spectrum, at least economically. Socially, I guess I'm more moderate, but still have a really liberal streak.

I love meat. And vegetables.

I have an extremely low tolerance for bigotry, of any kind. I know, it should be no tolerance, but I know the difference between the odd off color joke and blatant ignorance or hate.

My tendency is to view life optimistically, though I am kind of a cynic. I realized very early on that there is little or no sense in letting outrageous fortune beat you down. Might as well keep in an up mood and endeavor to persevere. My mantra is a quote from Julian of Norwich - "All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well." It has really proven helpful.

So, that's what goes on in my head, in the proverbial nutshell.

Any questions?