Posted: Jun 23, 2011 4:16 am
inkaStepa wrote:No thanks for replying. I don't really have any priorities except being healthy at the moment because I do want to live. But with everything else....it's all very overwhelming at least to me.
I think RPizzle brought up a good point about values in his post on the first page.
It's really not about living as an atheist or a theist or anything. It's more about having some values and living in accordance with those values. The values that you gravitate to can only be determined by you.
As you mention, you just want to be healthy at the moment. Well, you can start with that value. If you want to be healthy then avoid doing things that jeopardise your health.
Snorting a whole lot of coke, having lots of unprotected sex, binge drinking and smoking are probably things that contradict your value of "being healthy", so don't do them. Not because they're "wrong" or "sinful" or "evil", but because they contravene a value that you've established for yourself.
It may very well be helpful to talk to someone to help you see what values you hold for yourself, or perhaps what values you'd like to embody. Maybe there are lots, maybe there are only one or two. Either way, it's a stepping stone towards living with more personal authenticity and not worrying about other peoples' "right" and "wrong" etc.