the meaning of my life

The sun makes me so happy. :) I love it. And my friends make fun of me for being afraid of it, too, but I have logic behind that...hahaha
Okay so my topic today for what I don't agree with is how people, realistically spiritual people, wait to teach their kids about sex or they teach abstinence.
I got you.
I'm all for the idea of abstinence. At one point in my life that was what I wanted. I support people's beliefs on abstinence because I believe everyone is entitled to their own opinion and that's totally okay. I would encourage people to think for themselves and have their own reasoning behind why they believe in what they do, however, I do think that talks about sex should be discussed instead of avoiding that conversation. Kids are going to have sex. That's inevitable. The best thing you can do is prepare them. I'm not saying that abstinence shouldn't be encouraged, either, I hope my kids wait to be sexually active with the person or people that they are in love with. I want my kids to know that sex is intimate and involves a lot of emotion, even for boys. I guess I'm just afraid for the people that I know who know nothing about sex, their body, and the opposite sex's body because I think whether someone is sexually active or not they should be knowledgable in how we work. I wouldn't want to keep back information about sex in order to keep my kids from having sex because I don't think that will stop them. I don't know. I'm kind of rambling now. But that's how I feel about that. I do consider myself a spiritual being but I don't believe everything in the bible, and I think that's totally okay.
This kind of has to do with that but in church last Sunday Pastor Seth was talking about love and he said that the meaning of life is relationships with God and people, and love. I actually really agree with that. You can't have one without the other. Also, when I think about it, people live to be in love and to love others. That's what we all want, isn't it? Love? Love from your family, your pets, your spouses, future spouses--it's what we want. Plus it's everywhere, Pastor Seth said. Love is everywhere--it's on the radio, it's written in history, and it's celebrated. People talk about it, sing about it, write about it, and act on it. It's impossible to avoid it. I think that's the meaning of my life, though. Relationships and love. Relationships are the best. I wouldn't live if it were just for myself that I was living for. I don't want to be alone, I want to share my life with my family and my friends and with whomever I marry. I think people who are loved from a very young age reflect that when they grow up because they act out of love because they know love. What better way to teach someone how to love and how to be selfless than to simply just...love them.

1901 - Phoenix (covered by Birdy)