All the Controversy.

I'm feeling a lot of pain.  My own personal pain, the pain around the world.

I almost don't want to scroll through facebook for all the hurt and struggle that I see.  It's messy.  I'm here, crushed about my own circumstances, wishing they were different, but also hoping for a bright future.  Somehow.

I'm sick of the politics, the two sides, no matter the country.  I'm tired of the leftists dumping their garbage on the right-wing people, and the right-wing-people badmouthing the left-wing people.  It's messy and it's ugly, and it doesn't help anybody.  My view?  Every politician has a streak of ugly in them.  Some also try to make people's lives better.  Leave it at that.

I'm sick of the people gunned down.  I'm tired of gun law debates.  Yeah, I know, sometimes it seems good that someone had one, and other times it is the weapon of mass destruction.  I've heard both sides.  I choose a side that I think will help in most cases, but is it perfect?  Nope.

I'm tired of racism.  It's 2016.  Maybe it's because I grew up on the West Coast of Canada, but it just doesn't seem like it should be a thing!  A person is a person, no matter the colour of their skin or their country of origin.  (Also tiny humans are humans, but hey, another story, right?)  Let's start treating each other like we're all created in the image of God, because we are.

I'm beyond tired of homophobia.  I never really saw it in full force until I came out.  Wow.  It's not just fear, it's prejudice and nasty comments from the people you would least expect.  It's snide remarks about reproduction or my love being worth less.  I love a human, that is all.

I'm really sick of fat-shaming and calorie counting and obsession about steps taken or pounds lost.  I have enough struggles as it is to be faced daily with everyone else's body sagas.  All our bodies are beautiful in their own way.  Again, a masterpiece of God's creation.  THE pinnacle masterpiece in fact!  Keep it healthy, whether big or small, eat quality food, and enjoy life in the body God made for you.  That's it.

Religion.  SO TIRED OF IT.  I'm a Christian, but I'm not going to shove it in your face along with some of the above dogma and expect you to suddenly want to believe like I do. 

So pray like you mean it.  Love like you mean it.  Treat other humans like the In-God's-Image creatures that they are.

The end.