I just got back from a week in Mexico with my ex-wife and several of our friends. There were a couple of birthdays to celebrate, so we all had a blast.
The ex got a little depressed one night, because everyone else was a couple, and we weren't, but she was fine the next day, and it didn't seem to get in the way of our enjoying spending time together. I feel bad that she gets sad about us not being together, but I think that most of the time it is the general "I wish I had somebody" sort of sadness, rather than specifically missing me.
I'm just glad that we can spend time together and have fun without all the bickering that would have accompanied the week if we were still trying to pretend to be a happily married couple.
Oh, and by the way, Mexico, more to the point, the Yucatan peninsula, is great! I got to climb Mexico's tallest pyramid, swim in an underground spring, go snorkelling, rappel into a cenote, and learn a little bit about the Mayan culture.
I also drank the best tequila I've ever had, every night, and had a rum and coke by 9:00 every morning.
I highly recommend taking a vacation somewhere in the Caribbean every year in the middle of winter. It feels so good to have a little warmth around Christmas time. Sucks to come back, though.
Interesting note - I found in the nightstand of my room, instead of the Gideon Bible, a book called "The Wisdom of Buddha". I managed to read the majority of it during my stay, and was absolutely fascinated. I don't plan to begin calling myself a Buddhist, but I do intend to study more about the religion, and incorporate into my own world-view as much as I can.
I believe that every religion in existence has validity as a portion of the truth of the universe. Even the Flying Spaghetti Monster may hold one small part of the eternal and enormous message that God/Tao/Buddha/Allah/whatever is trying to impart to humankind.
The more different religions one studies, the more one can see the similarities among them, and winnow out the truths that bind them all together. The notion that one religion is "right" while all others are wrong is, to me, distasteful and ignorant. And rather conceited to imagine that the explanation and understanding of the entire Universe and all that it contains can be understood by our puny little primate brains. It's like expecting that a single mouse could gain a complete understanding of quantum physics.
I have a post planned that explains my view of the religion and "God's message", but that will have to wait until later.
Until then, namaste!
The ex got a little depressed one night, because everyone else was a couple, and we weren't, but she was fine the next day, and it didn't seem to get in the way of our enjoying spending time together. I feel bad that she gets sad about us not being together, but I think that most of the time it is the general "I wish I had somebody" sort of sadness, rather than specifically missing me.
I'm just glad that we can spend time together and have fun without all the bickering that would have accompanied the week if we were still trying to pretend to be a happily married couple.
Oh, and by the way, Mexico, more to the point, the Yucatan peninsula, is great! I got to climb Mexico's tallest pyramid, swim in an underground spring, go snorkelling, rappel into a cenote, and learn a little bit about the Mayan culture.
I also drank the best tequila I've ever had, every night, and had a rum and coke by 9:00 every morning.
I highly recommend taking a vacation somewhere in the Caribbean every year in the middle of winter. It feels so good to have a little warmth around Christmas time. Sucks to come back, though.
Interesting note - I found in the nightstand of my room, instead of the Gideon Bible, a book called "The Wisdom of Buddha". I managed to read the majority of it during my stay, and was absolutely fascinated. I don't plan to begin calling myself a Buddhist, but I do intend to study more about the religion, and incorporate into my own world-view as much as I can.
I believe that every religion in existence has validity as a portion of the truth of the universe. Even the Flying Spaghetti Monster may hold one small part of the eternal and enormous message that God/Tao/Buddha/Allah/whatever is trying to impart to humankind.
The more different religions one studies, the more one can see the similarities among them, and winnow out the truths that bind them all together. The notion that one religion is "right" while all others are wrong is, to me, distasteful and ignorant. And rather conceited to imagine that the explanation and understanding of the entire Universe and all that it contains can be understood by our puny little primate brains. It's like expecting that a single mouse could gain a complete understanding of quantum physics.
I have a post planned that explains my view of the religion and "God's message", but that will have to wait until later.
Until then, namaste!