The same but different.

"We're one but we're not the same."-Bono

Solange has been a true gift to me. I would say that it's the universe that's brought us together while she'd say it was god, and here lays our dilemma: Religion.

Everyone knows that I despise the idea of organized religion to the utmost degree but it's weird to say that the girl I'm with is heavily religious. I can live with that, I even respect that and so she's been able to live with my non-conformance which I think is special.

What I feel for her goes way beyond the stepping stone of beliefs but I still feel as if they're important. She believes in God while I believe in the possibilities of the scientifically prooven universe, yet I don't think that we can't work out.

The thing to remember is that my own parents, who are religious and were brought up to be christians didn't like the idea of me being anti-religious until I had to beat it into there heads. The one thing that my parents did do though, was give me the option to believe what I chose to. Still, I think that Solange and I can work passed religious beliefs because of what we have.

"We're one but we're not the same," is the way Bono put it in One. That's actually the same way I feel about Solange and I right now: We're the same but different.

As opinionated as I can be sometimes, I accept her for who she is, a religious person and she accepts me for who I am, a non-conformist. Only time will tell if this will make us stronger or weaker. Personally, I feel as if our differences of opinion are helping rather than pushing us away but then again, things can seem blurred to me sometimes, hence my angst.

Everything feels right when I'm with her, it feels like being washed away by the ocean's current and the undertow. I just don't know who or what can have the power to bring such a ecstacy to my life and that's the difference between us, for her the answer is god and that's fine with me, but for me the answer is life itself.

Still, I'm not going to let a seperation of beleifs take away the best thing that's ever come my way: Solange.

I really like her.