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So far the theme of my life could be summed up as learning how to develop myself as an individual followed by learning how to not become attached to the way i taught myself to think. When I was growing up i was constantly seeking validation from friends and family to know that what i was doing was right and good. I slowly built a mosaic of my personality and being from all my experiences and all the interactions I've had so far. Eventually, I realized that all these people I was seeking guidance from, were offering it from their own limited experiences and offering advice they had also received from other people. This was the point I began seeing that asking someone else for guidance in my journey was almost the blind leading the blind. When I realized that no one truly knows exactly what is going on, all i could do was try and be sure that i didn't get too caught up in this mental delusion of "knowing" while learning how to coexist with these developed thought patter...

When we analyze the underlying message of the United States so far, I believe that we see one main theme. This theme is that our nation constructs its own narrative to foster unconditional support from its people. Our country constantly teaches the narrative that how we discovered and inhabited our land was through a brave feat of exploration followed by a peaceful embrace from the natives who graciously offered their land to us when we needed somewhere to stay. In reality, the people that first sailed to America were lost at sea when they stumbled upon land inhabited by natives. Then, the first settlers kicked the natives out of their homes while destroying their history and culture in the process. To this day we still celebrate our meeting the natives every year, remembering a feast everyone had together while trying to ignore the undertones of genocide and pillaging on our part. We also try to promote the narrative that all men are created equal and that America always conducts itse...

Something I always wear is a pendant with the sacred geometry symbol known as the seed of life. The seed of life is made with 7 overlapping circles and is thought to be the 'seed' of creation. When you transpose this pattern onto itself you can form the pattern known as the flower of life, which can consequently form any equilateral geometrical shape in existence when repeated enough times. The seed of life pattern is considered sacred geometry because it can be found in ancient temples and religious structures all structures all over the world. People believe that it is how man has tried to explain visually the interconnectivity of all things.

An interesting event in my life worth writing about could possibly be the 120 mile hiking trip that my older brother and I went on in New Mexico. We were out on the trails in the Sangre de Cristo mountains for 11 days, living completely out of our backpacks. Every day was such an adventure and I got the chance to see so much wildlife and admire so much of nature's raw beauty. This experience was incredibly profound and somewhat transformational for me, and I still hold lots of raw emotion with the memories of this hiking trip.