Anyone that knows me very well, is aware that it\u2019s pretty hard to get into a very serious or \u201cdeep\u201d subject with me for any extended period of time. However, the other day a friend \u2014 I wouldn\u2019t call him a close friend, but I\u2019ve known him a while \u2014 was in a serious mood. We talked about several things and one of the subjects that came up was the soul. He made several statements about \u201csaving your soul.\u201d Not that it matters, but I should mention that he\u2019s pretty religious and we\u2019re not friends from church \u2014 we both attend different churches here in Shepherdstown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, of course all this \u201csoul searching\u201d got me to thinking\u2026. back in 2007, I had written a blog about souls. I decided that instead of writing about souls today, I\u2019d do something that I usually don\u2019t. I thought I\u2019d just reprint my blog from 2007. Here it is\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One thing that annoys me is when people use the term \u201cI feel\u201d incorrectly.\u00a0
People say I feel there is too much commercialization of Christmas\u2026.
I feel I should do more to help the poor\u2026.
The fact is that one may think those things or believe those things, but they don\u2019t \u201dfeel\u201d them.\u00a0
In my working days, that was one of the few corrections I always made to any document that came across my desk for review. It just always bugged me, I\u2019m not sure why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyhow, I got to thinking about \u201cfeelings\u201d \u2014 what makes humans able to perceive or \u201cfeel\u201d things? What makes us sentient?
I think the answer might be the soul. I\u2019m not sure I even know exactly what the soul really is, but it seems important and appears to be one of the things, at least, that separates us from animals.
You think with your mind and I guess you feel with your heart, so the soul must be something different \u2014 maybe it\u2019s just an area like an a big data bank. That\u2019s where you keep your moral values and the data that helps you make the choices between good and evil.
When you die, the soul is the only thing left of you \u2014 it\u2019s the part that gets into Heaven \u2014 or \u2014 I suppose the part that goes to Hell.
I guess if you become a bad person, maybe your soul gets damaged \u2014 or maybe your brain just gets damaged and miss-reads or miss-uses the data in your soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve heard a lot of comments about the soul, but never seen a concise definition \u2014 or at least not one that satisfied me. One comment goes something like, \u201cOrdinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.\u201d I guess if that\u2019s the case, the soul may not only be a big data bank, but also a secure one, like a vault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think I\u2019m not alone in being a little confused about the soul\u2026.
The soul was given to us by God and it appears to be the center of our being.
Apparently, confession is good for the soul, and these are times that try men\u2019s souls\u2026.
There are soul brothers and soul mates and there\u2019s a soul train.
And you have to feed the soul, too \u2014 there\u2019s soul food and chicken soup for the soul.
We all have a soul, and it appears we should take good care of it.
So be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.
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