Who am I?

Six months from now, I will begin a great journey to find myself. I want to see who I am out of the context of society, out of the context of civilization, out of the context of my comfortable acquaintances. I want to find out who I really am.

I will immerse myself in a new environment, without knowing anybody. My plan is not to get to meet people; this is exactly the opposite of what I want to do. My plan is to view society without being part of it.

I think in this society, we form ourselves too much by the people around us. Heck, we get married before we understand who we, truly, really are. I want to switch this order. I will discover myself, and who I am, and what my goals in life really should be through this journey. I may not be able to attain these goals, but at least I have a target to aim for.

So the question remains; who am I? Right now, I am, outwardly, who you want me to be, but I don't want to be that person any more. I want to be who I am, or at least understand who I am.

fighting

"I want to change their minds, not kill them for weaknesses we all posses"

Why do we fight? As Ghandi said, or at least as Ghandi believed (the above quote is from the movie-I don't know if it's actually a quote of his), there is no need for fighting if we can be all on the same page. Yes, I do get taken advantage of many times because of my willingness to do things, and even when I know it, I still do it. One must not fight the unjust doers, but rather make their injustices public. In this way, the victim can never be guilty (as he/she has not fought back in the traditional way). Instead, the perpetrator may be shunned or looked down on by society. Humans are very social and being rejected by others is a strong incentive to stop what you are doing in order to become accepted once again. If the perpetrator only fights with the victim, they only have the victim's acceptance to lose. Instead, if their injustices are made public, they have the world's acceptance to lose.

I believe there is never any valid reason to fight. Fighting is just an immediate human reaction to anger, which is very destructive and polarizing. Fight with silence and with the acceptance of the world, and you have so much leverage.