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Magic
I think I've made it clear before that I maintain a magical world view. Unless it's proven to me that it doesn't exist, I think it could. Like energy transfers or the Loch Ness monster.

Religious Beliefs
As far as religion goes, I'm a bit of a solitary practitioner. Brought up as a Lutheran, I still have a whole lot of those beliefs (and boy did they have us study the bible in K-8 school.) Mixed in with that set of beliefs is Wicca and Shinto. Kind of an awkward mix at times.

Anything's Possible
I think that there are infinite dimensions, so everything could exist. Maybe just not in this world. Everything imagined existing somewhere. Don't get me wrong, I value logic and reason. I'm just very open to that which might be impossible.

Politics
Right now, I'm watching as my grandparents skew farther and farther right doe to watching Bill O'Reily every night. Sure, they've been republicans for decades (I'm the only liberal in the household.) but they were a lot more moderate before. We try to avoid talking about politics, for the most part. Pretty much in every election, I cancel out one of their votes. That's all there is to it.

Forgiveness and Tolerance
Forgiveness is also very important. Hate for our fellow human beings won't advance us as a species or a society. A ton of those so called "Christians" who picket against gays or the like need to study their bibles. I seem to remember Jesus saying to forgive those who wronged us. Also, the passage they most often bring up is in the Old Testament, right in with all the other bits of Jewish Law. All that was overturned by the word of Jesus. He replaced all of those many laws with: "Love the Lord thy God." "Love thy neighbor as thyself." Not easy to live by, those rules. It's a lot easier to hate. A lot harder to love those that have wronged you, or thopse who do things you think are wrong. It's what the founder of the Christian religion said one should do then. I mean, if you call yourself Christian... maybe you should follow what he said?

Got on a bit of a rant there...

Friends
I was teased at school from Kindergarten to 8th grade. No friends to speak of. When I came to High School, I hung out with the Special Needs kids. They didn't judge you at all, as long as you were nice to them. (one of them became my first girlfriend later... didn't last, but it was great fun while it did.) In college, I have all my anime club buddies. In fact, a lot of us call each other brother and sister. It's like a family.

Isolation and Individuality
Back at West Portal (K-8 Lutheran school) I guess I could have chosen to change myself to fit in, but I didn't want to. Having friends just didn't seem like enough compensation for sacrificing a facet of my own personality. Being true to yourself is vitally important. If you can't love yourself, then how the heck are you going to be able to love anyone else? redface

Being yourself is key.
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Glad to see you can admit this.
I am manic as well.