God's Will

In the end we all have to submit to God’s will. Our own will is important, but it cannot control everything.

Gradually, I have come to the conclusion that virtually everything happens for a reason:

  I was born a Jew for a reason, so I have decided to stick with Judaism, even though I am attracted also to Christianity and Buddhism.

 I was born an American, American values are in my blood, even though I sometimes rebel against certain American ideas.

I received a secular education-I am not a deeply religious person-and I’m glad, because I believe that God doesn’t want me to be a biblical fundamentalist, but an independent thinker, who resists superstition.

I am highly influenced by Marxism, the Civil Rights Movement, the Feminist Movement, British and American literature, music and culture: all these are part of me and I think God wanted me to experience and learn from them.

I, and other members of my family, have been touched by mental illness: God obviously wanted me to be a mental health advocate.

I learned from my humanist education—which is promoted in both American universities and in the public schools, that utilizing one’s will to make things happen is good, but the will has limitations—sometimes you have to face and accept reality: politically, economically, intellectually, professionally, sexually, socially, etc…

I hope to someday be a bookstore owner, because that would bring all my  ideas and experiences together and I could make money while  educating the world the way I was educated—in  a smart, complete and elegant manner.

I hope it’s God’s, will that I succeed.