Worship Schmorship

noun

noun: worship

1. 1.

   the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity.

   “the worship of God”

   synonyms:

   reverence, veneration, adoration, glorification, glory, exaltation; More

   • the acts or rites that make up a formal expression of reverence for a deity; a religious ceremony or ceremonies.

     “the church was opened for public worship”

     synonyms:

     service, religious rite, prayer, praise, devotion, religious observance “morning worship”

   • adoration or devotion comparable to religious homage, shown toward a person or principle.

     “our society’s worship of teenagers”

     synonyms:

     admiration, adulation, idolization, lionization, hero worship “he contemplated her with worship”

   • archaic

     honor given to someone in recognition of their merit.

   • BRITISH

     used in addressing or referring to an important or high-ranking person, especially a magistrate or mayor.

     noun: His Worship; noun: Your Worship; plural noun: Worships

     “we were soon joined by His Worship the Mayor”

   I don’t worship anything. I love things and I appreciate them. I also really don’t like the part where is asks you to underline things YOU’D RATHER worship. If you’d rather worship something else wouldn’t you already? Maybe this was an exercise for people who are kind of jerks to come to a big realization that they’d rather be someone else? I don’t know. I guess I’d rather be a successful person with a bunch of money than one who struggles all the time but would I really? We live these lives to learn different lessons and finding peace with that makes it a lot easier to not play the WHY ME game.

   David Foster Wallace said “You get to decide what to worship.” I think there is truth in that in the way of religion but in life what makes your soul feel quiet is not a choice. For me it’s nature. If I worship anything it’s this crazy planet, mountains, rivers, trees, and oceans. Nature is honest. It is a truth. When everything seems to be swirling so fast around you that you can’t even see you can lay down on the earth and watch the swirling slow down and then stop and the world will come back into focus. I’m not saying you won’t sit in poop or that a slug won’t slop himself onto your arm but the world will stop spinning.