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Next up in the search for a religion is Theravada Buddhism.  We are reaching familiar territory for me as I am Indian and have been surrounded by Hinduism and Buddhism my whole life.  Buddhism is an offshoot of Hinduism and originated in India.  It has the same basic principles but removes God.  I am being vague on purpose as there are many different types of Buddhists and I am only supposed to consider the Theravada Buddhists in my evaluation.  To do this, I will have to do more research on the matter.  More to come.  I will say this before I go- “To be is to suffer,” is one of the main truths in both these religions.  Um, thanks, for stating the obvious.  

I got my red blood cell boosting shot today.  I know that it helps and I feel a lot better every time I get it, but damn does that shot hurt like hell.  It burns inside my vein.  Its a very strange and entirely unpleasant 3 seconds that I dread every two weeks. I know that 3 seconds is not really anything, but damn thats a very long and hurty 3 seconds.  Which brings me to time.  It has always amazed me how easily the perception of time fluctuates based on likes and dislikes, and pain and joy.  A vacation goes by so quickly, whereas the work day can drag on forever.  A summer full of beautiful afternoons goes by in a blink of an eye, but one snowy day in December seems to continue on and on.  I know that time is a delicate illusion that could be broken, well, anytime, but I hold on to it.  I measure my life in it and I am always running out of it.   I think a lot about time.  I think about all the time that has passed and all the time that has yet to come.  I think of all that I have done in that time and all that I could have done if I had more time.  Sometimes time passes me by and I am late.  Time waits for no one, it keeps moving and either you move with it or you get left behind.  

I don’t know why I decided to share my obsession with time on this blog, but here you go.  Tomorrow we talk about Theravada Buddhism in detail.

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July 29th was my birthday.  I like birthdays, for me they mean that I made it another year and I don’t even mind getting older.  Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes, and my favorite one was from my friend Kelley’s daughter Hannah.  She sang me happy birthday on my answering machine and then again live when I called back.  She’s 5.  It made my day.  Other than that my birthday was uneventful, just how I like it.  No blood tests, no doctors, no bullshit.  Yay for Birthdays!  

Its been a while since I posted mainly because I’ve been ill.  Lately, each time I get sick, it gets harder to recover.  Its been 2.5 weeks and I’m still getting better.  I decided against going to the hospital because there is nothing that they can do for me that I am not already doing at home.  Due to the fact that I have been sick, I haven’t done much so there isn’t much to talk about.  Lars and I are looking for a house which is hectic to say the least.  As I am feeling better, I’m sure the next blog will be more eventful!

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