back to the old neighborhood

By spring of 1970, the once hearty evergreen garden in front of 1456 Townsend Avenue had become spiny with glistening pieces of shattered broken bottles  and candy wrappers. Glancing down at the sidewalks as I rushed to the safety of my apartment lay half smoked cigarettes, still burning, used prophylactics and dog poop. The neighborhood was dirty and unsafe. I walked down my old street Saturday. It's a pretty block now, with a trash can holding the litter that used to stick to the pavement, just as i remember it when i was a little kid!

(I found this while reading my blog. It was written in 2010.

what is a religious person?

is a religious person one who scams friends for his own financial gain?
is a religious person one who makes promises and forgets, not thinking that others bank on his words?
is a religious person one who maltreats co-workers and will backstab them just to get ahead?
is a religious person an insecure administrator, who hinders the most able person in the organization from getting a promotion and who could well serve troubled adolescents who depend upon its services . Is that same religious person keeping an intelligent, humble man who could easily put back together a crumbling facility, just so she won't look incompetent?
is a religious person one who judges a person's worth based on his title, fame or financial worth?
I think not.