About this user
Hey, I'm Sherri, a fifteen-year-old Kiwi. There's not much interesting to put here. I don't know, I'm a geek. I spend most of my days reading books and stuff. Yeah... I was the real-life Matilda - reading encyclopaedias when I was four. At the moment, I'm pursuing my dream, a career in performing. I'm in a band called Aleven, the singer; I'm taking drama and dance classes. Another love is painting. I have no idea how to describe my art style. Perhaps Mrs. Patton, my old art teacher, described it best - "interesting."
I have an ambition to go to India or Indonesia some time in the near future. I think I want to go India because I want to understand more about the Buddhist religion. And I want to go to Indonesia because who doesn't want to lie on a beach for the whole day? : P
I'm always up for an argument. And I generally tend to stay neutral (I'll argue for three hours for one side one day, and argue for the side I denounced yesterday the next). Some people do come to me to look at things from an independent eye. I will argue a point until I'm blue in the face if I believe in it. Also, I tend to root for the underdog. The unpopular opinion. I don't know why, I just always have. It's something that's been irking grandmother since I was like, six. I've always had something to say about news stories, and I think that annoys her.
I'm also a vegetarian. To me, eating the flesh of another living being is wrong. However, I realised recently that vegetables were just as much of a living being as animals are. So, it's not about not eating meat because I feel guilty every time I look in my cat's eyes - it's about celebrating every bite of it, giving thanks that a living being has given it's life so that I may be nourished... eating is a very slow process in my house. Eating is just one of the many facets of my life that I use as a communion with "God."
This leads me to another very important part of my life right now, spirituality. I've had a lot of feedback, both from the people who surround me in real life and here - online - that tell me my idea of spirituality is wrong, blasphemous, sinful... Maybe it is. For someone as sure about my spirituality as I am - and believe me, I am - I also have constant doubts about it. I am always wondering whether I really am walking into the gates of hell, and maybe I am. But I've come to realise over the past few months that what's important is that I am living (and I really don't like this "Oprah-fied" term) my best life. I know there are many people before me who have said that, and I have no idea where they are now, but I have to believe in living for today, and being the GenZer that I am, I do - on occasion - look for the route of instant gratification. But if something's not making me happy now (even though many people keep telling me it will "make you happier in the long run"), then why am I doing it? Besides, I've never met anyone who can guarantee that it WILL make me happier in the long run anyway (but if you can, my inbox is always open). I don't know. I'm filled with teenage uncertainty right now. But that's what makes it so exciting. I'm hoping one day it will become clearer for me. And I am living in hope. And if you are worried for my future (as I know some of you are), I only ask YOU to live in hope. If my path is really wrong, The Big Guy Upstairs will send me a sign sooner or later. I have faith in that. In the mean time, I'm enjoying the moment. I hope you will too. The only thing I want for you all is to be happy, and have what you want. God Bless you for taking time out of your busy lives to read this, and have a good day. :)
Sherri
I Am that You Are and You Are that I Am
Note: Please stop sending me messages telling me how blasphemous my username is. It's a joke. A very geeky one, but a joke nonetheless. It was a saying my friend used once when he had an idea in lieu of the saying "Holy Smoke!" instead it was "Holy epiphany!". Lame, but true.
Yes people, heartofindigo is my brother. So?
Age
18
Country
New Zealand
