I have a feeling you will be hearing much from Dr. Lewis

"Sometimes people can do the right thing without being the right person." ~Dr. James Lewis

This is something that Dr. Lewis said as he was discussing the difference between ethics and morals. See, morals are what you do, ethics is what you are, A) I'm not sure if the grammar is right in that sentence B) these are very rough definitions of the above mentioned words. All that to preface this.....this comment hit me like a 2 ton weight. We can spend all of our time acting and doing, but we must also understand the resoning behind the actions that we do. Sometimes I wonder if I do what I do because I know it's the right thing, or because I've been told that it's the right thing. I know that that is how I felt when I was growing up, that the faith I had was a faith that belonged to someone else.
Sometimes I lose the ambition to pursuit understanding, true understanding, it really is easier to live life on the coatails of another's beliefs....but is that really living life? I don't think that it is. I think that God gave us a brain so that we can enjoy the wonder that is thinking, and learning. Sometimes we take that for granted and just go through the motions of life doing what we have been told is the right thing and not thinking or understanding if it truly is or not. I don't know....maybe this blog is just a bunch of rambling, maybe it's just alot of doing and not much thinking. Either way it's time to stop being an empty machine....it's time to take responsibilty in my actions, to look into the mirrorpool of my soul and seek out the true image that is Miriam Newell.....this could take some time.....