A Self-Portrait In Writing, In About 100 (Or So) Statements

I feel connected to many things in many ways.

I love listening.

I love music; music speaks to my soul.

I love being in the woods.

I love being near water - still or moving.

I love being at the top of a hill or down in a valley.

I love being in the city.

I don't like being in a large crowd.

I am very empathetic.

I am very observant.

I can be very sensitive.  (Sometimes it takes work for me not to be.)

Sometimes dramas and sad stories really and overly affect me.

I love history.

I believe those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

There's a lot of repetition going on.

I love breaking things down.

I love building things back up.

I am not very coordinated and I have a clumsy streak.

I am very rhythmic (but again, not coordinated).

Sometimes I dance when no one is watching.

I have a great sense of direction.

I hate being or feeling lost.

I enjoy thinking.

Sometimes I can't stop thinking.
I didn't think too much about the order of this.
I like seeing people smile.
I love to laugh.  Heavily.

I hate to cry.
I have a cynical side.

I have an optimistic side.

I have a lazy side.

I have a sad, near hopeless side.

I don't feel very hopeful about society and where we're headed.

And yet, at times I still hold hope for the world.

I like giving affection.

I like getting affection.

I will always give even if more than I receive, though I notice when things are out-of-balance.

I think expletives are sometimes useful and sometimes necessary.

I do have a vulgar side.

I am very spiritual.  (I mean that differently from religious).

I believe that science and spirituality are woven together.

I believe that organized religion gets many, but not all, things wrong, but religion does get some things right.

I believe that haters are gonna hate.

I hate hate.

I enjoy writing.

I really enjoy photography.

I enjoy cleverness.

I enjoy hidden messages, hidden meanings, mysteries, different perspectives.

As much as children learn from adults, adults can really learn from children.

I've rarely felt a long-term sense of belonging.

I am very much an introvert, even though I am outgoing.

I am very self-protective.

I am very protective of those I feel close to.

I've rarely felt like I am good enough.

I feel like I am good at a lot of things, but not great at anything.

I don't feel like I am attractive, though I do feel like I can be handsome.

It is very hard for me to stand up for myself.

I fear being or feeling rejected.

I want to believe in myself.

I feel like it's hard for me to believe in myself without validation - though I know that i shouldn't need that.

I like numbers, and logic.

I don't see the glass as half empty or half full.  I see it as just half.

I believe that the more we quantify things (or digitize things), the more we lose quality.

I believe that the more connected we think we are electronically, the less connected we are personally.

I believe that nothing is every truly black or white…not even colors.

I don't enjoy extremes of anything.

I believe in separating fact from opinion.  (I feel that most things are opinion and not fact).

I feel like the truth, as with statistics, and beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

I believe the truth really does set you free.

I believe in fluidity.

I believe money can buy happiness…indirectly…to a point.

I believe we waste money…a lot of it, and often, and we're unaware of this.

I believe we are too judgmental, make too many assumptions, don't question enough.

I believe everyone is prejudiced…the questions are; to what level, and how do those prejudices translate into your actions?

I believe just about everyone deserves a second chance (though I do have exceptions).

I believe there are exceptions to every rule and circumstances to every exception.

I enjoy giving compliments.

I feel sad when compliments are downplayed or even rejected.

I find natural death to be a positive thing.

I believe that everything happens for a reason, though sometimes that reason may be very hard to decipher.

For every end there is a beginning, and for every beginning there is an end.

I can see the good in just about every situation.

You can’t have the day without the night.

You can't have the sun without the rain.
I love a heavy downpour, especially with thunder and lightning.

I love the silence after a heavy snowfall.

There will never be too many rainbows.

There will never be too many sunsets.

I love the full moon.

I love fog.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

A tree is only as good as it's roots.

Sometimes I'm a chameleon.

Sometimes I'm an enigma.

Sometimes it is what it is.

Sometimes I wear my emotions on my sleeve.

I believe perfection is impossible, though as-close-as-possible should be strived for.

You can never get time back.

You never know how much time you have.

I hate wasted time.

Time never stops.

There is never enough time.