i am a mother with two teenagers who love me and still show it even in public. i am a lover who loves the person without bias. i have stage IV colon cancer which requires me to handle chemotherapy every two weeks, but i get stronger every day because i have no other choice--i will live, not give in. i am bipolar and i fight every day when taking my medicine because i do not want to--it would be so much more fun to be manic my mind says. i am a writer who dreams of novels and plays in my sleep. i am an artist who creates art from everything around me. i am a fighter who went up against my family and
community to step out of my complacent, WRONG life and claimed the real me. i am a voluntary collectivist, which is a nice way to say that i
believe strongly in the value of each individual. i am a cynic--i believe in justice but do not think that it is easily found. i am a pagan and feel a sacred duty to protect and continue the diversity of the earth. i believe that teenagers are highly underrated as conversationalists and friends. i believe that the Gaia theory has enormous relevance and could very well save the human race. i believe that it is society's duty to protect and cherish all children whether they are yours or someone else's because they will be your future. I believe that thinking that humans are a special species and therefore superior in all ways to other species is a seriously flawed belief and needs to be changed. i believe in 'cradle to cradle' and that it will revolutionize industry. I believe that understanding history is so very important and that by ignoring it, political, religious or social, we doom society. i believe that we are here to learn as much as possible and i'll stop learning only when my brain shuts off.
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