control, family, and religion

This morning I way just bumming around until it was time to go to the gym. A friend of mine who I attend church with texted me and asked if I wanted to hang out and drive a couples hours for a water skiing, swimming, fishing, bbq with others from church. I asked her for the details and she said it was on fb because were members of the group. So I text her and said I could not find the details on fb and asked her to log in and message me with the link. About 10 min went by then I receive a text stating "I can't get on fb because my parents blocked it" I replied "really" while thinking WTF. Long story short we ended up not going.

First of all she is 29 for crying out loud and is the youngest one in the house. Granted I know she still lives with her parents and has to abide by their rules but damn. She has lived on her own before. My take on it is that her parents are supper controlling and rather she live with them until she gets married I'm so glad I don't have parents like that. I wonder what they would do if they found out she has a myspace account ^.^ I could never live under such control regardless of my religion and because I know her personally I can say "religion has a lot to do with it" The sad thing about the whole thing is she is a good daughter and they should trust her to make her own decisions

I guess I don't understand why adults still let their parents control them by making decisions for them when they live in their house. Especially when the person knows before they go back home how controlling their parents are. I don't get it! I understand the normal rules such as not bringing a "partner" home for the night (that's disrespectful), contributing towards the house etc.. but picking your boyfriends, dictating what movies you see, approving who you hang out with and what sites you go to online. Just plain weird to me! It just goes to show how much the influence of LOVE have on people! LOVE is dangerous :)

A Beautiful Sunday!

This is one of my favorite paintings and it's not because I like red ^_^ I attended service this morning and I'm never let down when I go. I always feel the spirit when I'm there it is my weekly spiritual food. I don't blog much about my beliefs, but I could not resist it this time. I discovered another association with my favorite number while listening to a message this morning. You may not be able to tell by my blog that I attend church regularly. I do and my faith does not dictate what I write and how I feel. However, it does have a lot to do with how I process important issues and choices in my life. We had a speaker talk about charity and the other one on debt this morning. I feel like I have mastered these two areas :) OK, maybe not since I'm not perfect. It was one of those situations where you want someone to ask a certain question so you could proudly raise your hand. It didn't happen so I wanted to scream out loud I HAVE NO DEBT, but I held back since it would be inappropriate in the middle of service. I'm no preachy person and I believe people have a right to choose there own faith or spiritual beliefs as long as it does not infringe or harm another. It was indeed a Beautiful Day !!!