Today is the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving!

And recently at the ripe old age of forty-seven I discovered Objectivism and have adopted it as my personal philosophy!

I was researching the "Objectivist Movement" (political) on the web and I was struck with the following thought: "Hey these people may dislike government programs but they are CONTINUALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE POLITICAL THEORY OF THE DISAPPROVAL OF GOVERNMENT INTRUSION IN PRIVATE LIVES."

NOTHING make my blood boil more than these right wing Republicans who preach the above then work towards censorship and denial of women's reproductive choices!

To make a long story short I have been aware of various "philosophies" throughout my life but have never had much interest.

My long standing attitude was always as follows: "OMG someone else wants to tell everyone else how to live; that is all we need is another finger-wagger saying "you should do this; you should do that; I'm right you're wrong yadda yadda yadda."

Well I have now explored the philosophy as a WAY OF LIVING (the political and economic aspects don't interest me other than another idea).

And for the first time since I was ten years old I no longer view "morality" and "right vs. wrong" as destructive words and concepts; I view them as wholly constuctive.

I now KNOW I can live my life morally and ethically.

I no longer need to feel any sense of shame whatsoever about my human nature and I no longer need to maintain a defensive attitude.

I know now what is RIGHT and what is WRONG!

To take a quote from the Bible:

THE TRUTH HAS SET ME FREE!