I don't go to church. I no longer believe much of what the church and my parents told me. I don't have the faith of my parents. I guess I'm not very spiritual.' It often comes as a shock to them when I question the reality of their belief that they are not spiritual beings. "You have a religion." I can say: "pretty deep". You love the truth. Believe in the possibility of your own growth and improvement: the possibility of spiritual progress. In the strength of your religion you are willing to suffer the pains of challenge and the agonies of unlearning. Take the risk of therapy and do all this for the sake of your religion. I'm not at all sure that it's realistic to say that you are less spiritual than your parents; instead, I suspect the reality is that you have evolved spiritually beyond your parents, that your spirituality is more of a quantum leap than theirs, which is not enough to provide them with even the courage to do so..
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