How Does Religion Affect My Life?

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At the age of six (6) years old, I was saying but another name through my preference for a certain prayer. At this age I was already advancing through reading and writing. Every day, I prayed frequently a prayer dedicated to a saint, in my heart and that was, "St. Anthony pray for me," before and after kindergarten. It was the only prayer I knew would keep me safe when outside my home, especially against a boy in kindergarten class who often irritated me, by stealing my eraser. How I wish I got up and screamed, "give me back my rubber!" and as well, after I had safely returned.

In the year of two thousand (2000), I was dedicated towards the holy family when I prayed, "Jesus, Mary and Joseph please pray for me and keep me safe." I was enunciating
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They may have also already been married with children while I ventured on my way alone even if not seeking directions anymore.

This would be just a minor interruption to the question on my marriage as to how another views or judge it in my life, makes me find it a must to insert this portion of telepathy I had come to know in my time of living. Here I would say that it is my aim to live a life as a bachelorette. That is my freedom of right, as to whether or not I depend on a man. Thus on that part I am sad free, even if I have optioned to protect my own self.

Nonetheless jealousy and hateful thoughts of others that my life will never be more serious because of marital status, reflects the other person's pattern of thinking. As long as I am born to live life, it is serious with or without marriage, responsibilities are always present bountifully in different areas. A whole life is a responsibility, whatsoever may be the
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Thoughts are a sensitive component.

For the primary one I would say that ignorance is not the other's then for I would say that because it had been a choice to have a marriage, with or without children, marital responsibilities become the reason why job responsibilities are dumped onto another. That means to say that, "I am married you are not. So you are living a freer life than me that I can push my load on you."

Such self-employed thinking does not deserve to be tolerated by anyone, because what is one's choice should be something lived with forever without trying to find someone to pick on along the way. If it was said out aloud, it would not be so angrifying because then help was given based on mutual understanding. That will be, "I understand you have family responsibilities, I will do my best to help you out with your job chores, if I cannot I apologize because I am tied down." Because it was thought off selfishly within, it becomes an unfriendly demand of

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