I’ve never been much into reading what I used to think were dull self-help and spiritual books; I’m fond of a little excitement in my reading, so I’m more of a classics and mysteries kind of gal. Although I don’t attend church every Sunday, I consider myself spiritual and I meditate, or pray if you will, to something divine and dissimilar to God as described in the bible, the Koran, or the Torah of some organized religions. Despite my positive experiences getting picked up and dropped off by the Sunday school bus in Santa Paula, California, and hanging out at Wednesday evening bonfires and playing volleyball on the Ventura beach with the youth group, I hate to admit that I find organized religion kind of scary. So I take a little of this and a dash of that and hold my own simple belief: do good and be good. Continue reading →