SlipNet
The Living Force
Yeah, my story is kinda similar. I was raised Catholic, and I went to a religious school, but I didn't really have the faith in my heart at that young age. It wasn't until my late 30's that I really got back into any serious, conscious prayer, largely thanks to the good peeps on this forum. As kids in school we used to share really wicked jokes mocking the faith with each other, as I'm sure many Catholic kids did in that era. And now, fast forward 30 years and I'm the only one in my immediate family who even bothers to pray.
I've tempered my social expectations a lot in the last decade; most folk I know locally are, to quote Aldous Huxely, "well-rounded lifers". I don't bother them and they don't bother me. There's no need to burden another person with unsought-after knowledge. But if they were to ever ask me a pertinent question, well then I'll be ready to give them some pointers, subtly. I've found over the years of personal experience that information only truly becomes knowledge if you seek it and work on it by yourself. There's only so much other people can do for you at the end of the day.
