My Hiatus, Part Two

Where did I leave off? Oh, yeah.

After my wife‘s passing, my faith - which was already wavering from my own brush with death - was about to be crushed. My roommate tried to get me to read the Bible but nothing in there helped me get over it. It was about a month later that I stopped practicing Christianity.

I knew something was missing spiritualy so I began to reading about other religions. I finally settled on Buddhism as I felt that was the best way I could get the inner peace that I needed. And you know what? It began to work. Since Buddhism is based on the philosophies of the original Buddha, the suffering I felt inside began to ebb. I was now focusing on bettering myself and (when I can) helping others. (And not killing things intentionally, which I‘ve done a pretty good job of so far.)

Now on the biggest upswing of my depression, I began to seek out something else to elevate my mood further: companionship.

That requires a backstory, so that means another blog.

To be continued…