life as pilgrimage

If it’s counter-cultural I probably like it

Counter to this culture? Is this a culture? What exactly is this culture?

One that purports tolerance but only to those who agree?

One that purports love and acceptance but maligns and divides?

I used to think I was liberally minded. I know so many people that claim the same. Now I find myself plopped into a box of tradition and conservatism - not by political bent or creed but by my values and beliefs.

My young woman leanings of live and let live seemed to have been supplanted with live like this. Be like this. Repeat this. Believe this. The list of demands grow ever more wild, perverse, and bizarre. We are being asked to participate in charades. Told