| Mar. 2nd, 2005 @ 11:03 am Exorcising the Demons |
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Current Mood:  contemplative
Current Music: Chris Isaak: Wrong to Love You
I just finished watching the DVD release of Exorcist: The Beginning, and I have to say that it made me think.
I seem to have come to a crossroads in my life. Those of you that really know me know that I have been going through a lot of things in the past year. These first couple of months of 2005 hasn’t been any easier. I have been faced with personal issues, family health crisis, and a seemingly losing battle with myself when it comes to what I believe.
There have been some bright spots however. The brightest of them all is that I know that I have a real good group of friends in Kate, Alex, and Brandon. They are the ones that make it possible for me to get out of bed in the morning.
I see things unfolding before me that are both beautiful, and scary. I feel like I am on the verge of something huge with Kate… and I know that there will be some issues to deal with there. Not on her end, on mine. I think I am ready for a relationship, I just hope that I am ready for a relationship with someone that is so much better than I.
Life has always had a funny way of making me see things differently. The focus of my next book will be on that very subject. As I look into the void one more time… to see what is there, and who is waiting for me.
Emotions have been running hot lately. I know that reasons are somewhat out of my control. But I take responsibility for them anyway. I know that there are so many things I want to be for her. So much I want to do to give her a life that she can be proud of… but then I also realize that she is well on her way to doing that already.
I honestly feel that I am not good enough to be her significant other. As much as I love her, I have to face the reality that I am not up to par with her.
I might be as smart as Kate, but I think that she is the most amazing person… to the point that I wonder what she would even have to do with me. I have done much in this life to this point, and I have almost nothing to show for it. All I have is the memory of it, and the feeling that I have when she is near.
It is this that brings me back to the question of faith, and if whether or not I believe what I believe. The seeds of doubt have been there for a long time. And I find myself feeling that doubt getting stronger. The only time that it seems to recede in when I am with my friends, with Kate, or both.
The feeling of the darkness has been with me ever since that night at Brandon’s house. The last time that I had a lapse into that trance like state I have fallen into before.
Since then, I have felt like I am now at one with my own dark-side, like the two sides of my personality had been fighting for a long time, and now they have agreed to be one.
I asked for that to happen, so that I can have a balance again, I have had a balance since. And now I sit writing this, having no clue what to do now. I wish to pursue a relationship with Kate. I also wish for things to be all right with my family. All of these feelings have led to a depression that I have trouble getting out of.
I so want things to work with Kate, but I am afraid to say all of the things that I want to say to her. I am clueless as how I can be the man that she wants and needs. I am drawn to her in a way that I have only felt once before. That was the same feeling that I had when I was with Elaine. That feeling comforts me, and scares me. This time it is a more intense feeling.
I worry that she doesn’t feel anything that is close to how I feel, that she feels drawn to me, but might not be willing to love me, or accept me.
I know that this feeling should be somewhat foolish on my part. People keep telling me that I sell myself too short. I know that I do… I know that I sell myself short, I have almost always been told on a daily basis, that I am not good enough, too ugly, too fat, not smart enough, and that I am nothing special. After hearing this for long enough, you begin to believe it.
Ah, beliefs. The subject of this Rant/LJ entry, my crisis in my beliefs, what is it that I believe.
Well as the name suggests, I am a practicing Druid. I am also well versed in several other religions; the best versed is Christianity. I was studying to be a preacher, but after a falling out with the church that I had been attending, I had lost my passion for that calling.
I had been studying Druidism and the occult for a long time by then, and I would later earn the title of Druid myself.
To this end, I have felt somewhat whole with my spirituality, but there was a hole there still. An emptiness that I can’t deny is there. Kate and my friends fill that void. Kate is the only one that can make me smile, and have me not feel that it is forced. She is the only one that has made me think beyond the next day.
She once wrote about how could I know if it is love that I am feeling, the answer is that I just know. Love isn’t something that you can really explain when you feel it. You just know it when you feel it. Besides, she is the only one that can make me physically unable to speak in a concise manner. I stumble over my words like the captain of the chess team when faced with talking to the homecoming queen.
If that is not a sign of love, then I must be talking out of my ass.
She once wrote about how could I call he a Godsend, the answer is that she makes me happy, she fulfils me mentally, spiritually, and I believe that she would also fulfill me physically. She is more beautiful that any woman I have known, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
I guess my struggle with belief is more a struggle with myself; I have to learn to believe in me.
I guess reading this back to myself is what drives this point home.
Thanks Kate, you have made me realize that the struggle is really with me.
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