Yours. Alone

Can’t you see that you choose your gods
That you accept and reject edicts of your religion
The same way you exercise biases and preferences
That you inherit from your forebears
Or glean from your environment
Can’t you see that you and you alone
Are responsible for everything you think and say and do
Have a go
Take full responsibility for your destiny
Feel the empowerment
Feel the enthusiasm
Feel the optimism
Live each day
Free of the belief that your fate is dictated by others
Free of the burden of others’ expectations of you
Your only requirement
To acknowledge
That all your beliefs
That the way you practise your religion
That the way you regard others
That the way you respond to events
That the way you engage with the world
Are your choices
Yours
Alone