Always a popular subject :) I wonder how many of you out there are religious in some way or another? Maybe not belonging to an "organised" religion, maybe you don't go to church, or to whatever holy
building your beliefs might hold dear, but it seems a lot of people in one way or another believe in "something" beyond what we know now.
Some people may find it hard to believe, probably because by the standards of most gods of man I would have no place in their favour, that I, in my own way, am a religious person. As above, I do not attend
church, I do not follow words from a book thousands of years old, I do not go around trying to convert people to my beliefs (at least, not in the religious sense of the word) but none the less, if someone were
to ask the question, the answer would be "yes, I am religious". I suppose, as with most people who believe in something, it is because there is something I want to be able to believe to be true, something I cannot prove,
probably never will be able to prove, but none the less I hope that it is.
This is actually something that only a handful of people know about (four I can think of), but in my current series of ramblings, this fact is an important step on the path. For you see, there has been a
purpose to my recent ramblings, while many see them as out of character for me, they do have a point, not one that we shall come to in todays blog, but one we shall soon arrive at.
Once, a long time ago, there were three people that were very important to me (odd enough in itself) and though I could do little to help them with their problems in life, none the less I wanted to offer them
some sort of support, turned to religion to offer it, but not in the conventional sense. In a quiet, dark room I offered up a deal to god, to the devil, to whoever or whatever may possibly be out there, and the
deal was this:
That the three people that meant so much to me, would be able to live long, happy, healthy lives, free from pain, from sadness, from suffering. In return for this I would accept whatever price was deemed necessary,
be it wealth, possessions, health, happiness, life. As long as those three were happy, I would accept whatever fate that was chosen for me.
The funny thing is, I actually stopped talking to all three of the people for one reason or another, so I have no way of knowing for sure whether my faustian bargain was accepted or not, whether they do all live in
the sort of happiness I know they deserve, but a man can dream and this man dreams that they do.
So there you go, you all now know one of the secrets of the Dread Lord that has been guarded for years, known to few now known to all. Tune in next week when we actually see where this and the last few blog posts have
been going :)
IRC Quote of the day
Announcing todays bronze trophy.....Vlad/Nici/Cyphon for 'war porn'
Announcing todays silver trophy.....Ataraxia/Vladisvok for 'sandwich'
But todays gold trophy goes to.....Famzy for 'earplug'
Todays results therefore:
1st Place: Vladisvok with 41 points across 20 showings - up 3 points and 2 showings
2nd Place: Vesta with 22 points across 10 showings - No change
3rd Place: Nici with 18 points across 11 showings - up 1 point and 1 showing
Quote of the day
Todays QoTD is brought to you by Thomas More:
“Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.”
I hope you'll come back next time for another edition of..."Vlad's Musings!!!"