The Self In a recent exercise in my small group class, my TA asked us to remain silent for a minute and a half and find and search for what makes us, us. I did my best to drown out my classmates, and the noise, and probed deep into my thoughts. I came up with a discouraging answer as to what makes me, me. It was an endless circle of my attributes, characteristics, and ancestry, …showed first 75 words of 1212 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1212 total…in spiritual and physical sense, and respect in the same sense for others and the world. Myself will fill the void that nothing and no one else can fill, a void that cannot be described in words, that cannot be found in a book, and cannot be reached in prayer. My life is an adventure, a belief and a passion. I am in control, and I know what I need to do to be me.