This documentary got me thinking
back to the discussion we had in class about the differences between spirituality
and religion. It is very interesting to see how some people feel the need to be
so devoted to a certain religion, while for others it seems that just being spiritual
can be enough. In this documentary, The Nun, the women who decided to give her
life over to a religion at a later point in her life. By the time she decided
to become a nun she was in her fifty’s, had a husband and three kids. However,
she felt that something was missing, and that she needed to devote herself
further into a practiced religion.
As I was
watching this documentary, many things stuck me as interesting because of how
devoted this woman was to practice her religion. Things such as habitually recording
her sins in a journal, constantly praying, and just the fact that she was
living in a monastery made me ask questions such as - why do people feel the
need be so devoted to one religion? What makes one start to realize about their
destiny?
The successes
of this woman are very impressive, she has a great family, managed to find
herself, and now is the director of a choir in the monastery. Although she gave
up a lot to change her life- she seems to be very content with where she is and
the direction her life is going. My question to her would be - has she ever
regretted giving her old life up? A change that drastic would be hard not
reassess, in my opinion.
-Claire Shumaker
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