I want to live in a world

 I want to live in a world where the connection between a person’s spirit and their sexuality is honored and spoken about loudly and openly without judgment or agendas. Where people don’t tell upcoming generations, their impulses make them dirty, or their experiences define them. 

I want to live in a world where choice is recognized, but spirit is emphasized, celebrated as being individualistic and unique. 

I want to live in a world where young women are not told what beauty is or is not. Where young men are not given impossible guideposts to stretch for so they may “earn” their right to identify as such. Where you are not bound to the definition of either of those binaries; instead given the freedom to choose what defines you. 

I want to live in a world where young people don't learn what sex is from a multi-billion-dollar industry that feeds into those insecurities of image, perversion of consent, and the demise of true intimacy. Where we nurture our youth with knowledge in tandem with faith not doctrine and trust they will do the same.

Instead, we live in an society where explicit sex can be found by the touch of a button, ambiguous innuendos are the bases of prime-time TV, and implied sexuality saturates the sales industry. With this, I really, truly do not understand why conversations shy away from emotions, beauty, and connection. When did discussions of the expression of spirit become taboo? Too long we have put the expression of sexuality as the opposite of spirituality, and truthfully the two do not always go hand in hand. But, we are beings defined by the capability to feel. That double-edged sword is part of what makes us human. The very natural expression of those feelings is being individually pawned for resale when they are designed as a complete package. Time to start nurturing.