Kindness, truthfulness, caring, positive attitude

conceit, generalizations, cliquiness, gossip, people who claim to be open-minded/tolerant but are really only that way toward their own views.

There is a destiny that makes us brothers: (and sisters )
None goes his way alone:
All that we send into the lives of others
Comes back into our own.

I care not what his temples or his creeds,
One thing holds firm and fast-
That into his fateful heap of days and deeds
The soul of man is cast.

-A Creed, by Edwin Markham

(Just found a clipping of this I saved for several years and thought I'd share it)

***NEWS*** Hi! I know it's been ages since I've been here...probably about a year or so. Just wanted to update that everything's going well. I recently had my second child, actually. I hope you all are doing great!***

It was a dark and stormy night...just kidding.

Believe it or not, up until I was in my early teens, people would consider me extroverted...then some unfortunate things took place at home and school and I developed Social Anxiety.

I began to think that nothing could change and I fell into the deep depression one takes on when they have these thoughts.

In time, life or the creator has taught me over and over again that no matter what I think may occur, I really have no idea.

Just one year after my deepest depression, I began to experience the best times of my life (to that point).

Today, I'm continuing to grow out of my social anxiety, just through normal interactions that I have no choice but to make in my day-to-day life. No mistake, there are some ways in which I am very much held back by my anxiety, but I will continue to work on them.

I hope to get to know many of you, and uplift whenever I can. Anyone who would like to make me a friend, please feel free. Or to just comment and discuss common interests.

(One thing I will mention...I don't plan on taking
any friendships past the point of internet, like meeting in person or phone calls. So, if I don't do so with you, you will know it's not personal. Also, social anxiety hinders me a lot when talking one-on-one, so if I run out of topics and there's a silence, it's not you, it's definitely me, lol.)