I am going through a bit of an identity crisis.  My mother sent me the Lord's Prayer in an email the other day.  Nothing unusual about that... she is always sending me religious emails.  It's usually one of those "send this to 10 people in the next five seconds or you will undoubtedly burn in hell..." emails.  I don't even know why I open the junk she sends me, but as I was reading this one, I thought to myself  "Doesn't she know I'm not Catholic?".  Is she trying to be obnoxious?  Or is it just natural?  I was tempted to send her the Witch's Rede just for a goof.  I ended up brushing it off as I realize that I am just on her list.  Lucky me!  lol  Anyways... I just thought I would share here that  I have been really thinking about this for a bit and this email set me off again.  I know that lables really aren't neccesary, I am who I am and besides... I have a really strong spirituality.  I LOVE being a witch.   When I decided to follow the path called "witch" seriously instead of just dabbling like I had been for years... that was the day my spirituality came to life.  And I have had such wonderful things happen since.  Ack... why am I so stuck on the religious stuff?  I do not know exactly where religion falls in my life.  And do I need a religion if my spirituality is in place?  Mr. Witch says that he knows what he believes and he does not feel the need to search any longer.  He sees so many searching.  I feel as though I have found my place in the world and then I just keep nagging at myself about this one thing.  As I was looking through the books at Barnes and Noble this morning I realized that I am so secure on my witch path.   I know who I am and what I believe.  I did pick up a book ... I will give it a shot.  I think it may help me put this behind me.  I now see a lot of these books as guides, ways to get my creative mind jump started... not so much that any one book is going to give me all the answers in ten easy chapters.  Jeepers, I'm rambling. 11:30 is obviously way too late for me to be awake on a school night!!  :)   I wil let you know how I make out here.  Until then... love you!!  Merle.