Weirdly enough
I am NOT nostalgic.

My specialty might have been in history
but for me history is something to learn from
rather than to dwell in.
I am okay with being in the now
even if the now isn't everything I could want it to be
and sometimes the burdens of adulthood can feel crushing and overwhelming and pointless
but the point is to make meaning for myself.

I figured out religion the other day,
or at least why people are drawn to it
and what the replacements might be.
Because I need to feel part of something,
a community
which is working toward good
and toward a greater.
The answer for me is not necessarily in a G.O.D.
but a cause I believe in.
I'm understanding my values
and my want to belong.
I respect that need in others
as long as it doesn't go totally wrong
and hurt anyone unnecessarily.
I think that while people might leave religion behind
they don't leave their need to be part of something,
and so new communities form
and we breathe life
into different kinds of deities.