'Cause not everything is black & white

I have made this Cd for a lovely mate of mine called Chris who I have worked with and known for many years.

I have thought long and hard about posting it on here....and here is why......


We have been through so tough times together, and she has a very strong faith.
I on the other hand, am a hippy chick, bordering on wiccan at times.

I believe in lots of things, none of this includes any formal religion at this time in my life.

I have had some pretty awful experiences , none of which I will go into here that involved "religious" people using their so called faith to justify abuse, bullying and down right nasty behaviour.

NOW, I am not for one moment saying everyone who has faith is like this,
hence my Chris is my friend.

She is one of the few people I will have religious discussions with.
Neither of us needed to convert each other, being able to discuses without judgment or criticisms. She is truly a lovely person.

We accept we believe in different things, and value our friendship.

I have many friends, who have many different beliefs and faiths, Christian, Muslims, Pagans, Catholics, Atheists all sorts.
As long as they are people who try their best and don't go out of their way to hurt people I will call them my friend.

Their belief or non belief make them who they are.


I believe that as long as you do no one no harm with your faith, beliefs, religion , non religion and it gets you through good times and bad then I fully support you and say good for you!
I never once have felt the need to make anyone else believe that I am right and they are wrong.
My beliefs are my own.

I see one of my strongest qualities is to see that life is not all black and white,
and agreeing to disagree is sometimes a hard thing to do.
This annoys some of my more religious family, resulting previously in many arguments and me walking out as they were so angry at my refusal to convert to their new found faith!
It came down to agreeing to disagree or me walking away from them for ever.
Not being a part of their or their children's lives.

I know this was hard for them, and it was not something I did lightly.
They are not happy with the outcome, and to be honest
do still try now and again to help me see their way is the right way.


But in asking me to respect their beliefs , I demanded the same back.
I feel I am a good person and will be judged at the end of this life ,
or the beginning of the next one.

But sometimes you have to be true to yourself....
and thats not always by doing what your family demand of you.
Our journeys are very much or own.
We can walk with them, but still see different things as we go along.

this post has rambled on way toooooooo long.
I hope it has not offended anyone as that was not my intention.
Sometimes.....I just ramble on!