I am a writer.  A poet.  An artist.  A dreamer.  I'm overly analytical and overly philisophical.  I embrace my flaws so that I may learn about them and perhaps one day change them into assets.  I am learning how to better set and achieve goals.  I hope one day to become a teacher of life.  I hope to do this by being the eternal student.  I am a believer.  I believe in peace and harmony.  I believe in miracles.  I believe that dreams come true if you make them.  I believe that love is the answer.  I believe that if you truly understand someone or something, you cannot help but to love them.  I like to read.  I like to learn.  I like to help.  I like to heal.  I understand that suffering is a process which we all must endure from time to time, and it is the truest test of character.  However, I understand that sometimes it's the wounds that heal, the pain that guides, and the falling that makes us soar.  There is no life, no truth, no love without balance.  I believe in Yin and Yang.  I believe that death is not the end.  I believe in eternity.  I believe that truth comes in all forms, from all different perspectives, and that true axioms are few and far between, but most important should we ever discover them.  I live to learn.  I learn to understand.  I understand that I understand nothing.  I know that a man who thinks himself wise is really a fool for thinking he can learn no more.  We must humble ourselves to wisdom, learn what we can, and always pass on what little knowledge our minds might comprehend.  We learn by sharing.  By doing.  Actions are the cause of–and the result of–everything.  I am here to learn, to share, and to grow.  If you think you can help me, then please let me know your thoughts and ideas.  Share your wisdom.  Praise my assets, and assist me with my faults.  I am here to be shaped and molded.  I am here to become a better person, and to help you do the same if I can.

I'm new here…so for now, I'm a student.  An observer.  Maybe one day I shall be able to assist with more things, but at the beginning, I watch.  If you wish to read more of my postings, or mingle closer to the depths of my mind, then message me, or check out my myspace:  www.myspace.com/eternal_enigma

I'm glad to be here.

Salaam.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”   ~Theodore Roosevelt

**Note:  If any of my interests in books or movies or people strikes you as odd, or not…peaceful, then ask me about it.  I tried to only list things that I gained some sort of insight from, and I don't consider ignoring the 'negative' to make it go away.  I believe that there is bad and good.  I believe that we each must embrace the Yin along with the Yang.  Therefore, I choose to expose myself to whatever I feel that I can tolerate and still learn from, so long as the impact won't be horrific, scarring, or detrimental to my mental health.  It's good to learn…even the bad.  There are definitely things that I've seen which are 'bad' that I don't have listed here, because although I can stomach them, I wouldn't recommend them.  If you're curious, ask questions.  I would love to answer.**