In many ways, this website has helped to confirm my identity and rediscover my self concept.  When I write about things I experience, seeing in on a screen brings to light the things that resonate with my heart and the things that make me laugh, smile and cry.  In someways I have reborn some old flames of passion, as well fanning the flames of current inspiration.  Like the earth section. I used to be this big environmentalist.  I used to believe that with just a little nudging that we could save the earth from ourselves, I had that unshakable hope and foundation and I believed I would be the one to make a difference.  But as I got a little older, I started to see how politics, societial values such as materialism and even personal apathy would stop my dream from ever coming true.  I found myself falling into