The Inner Me: This is Who I Am.

Proud and intensely individual, I like to stand out- to be the very best I can be, and to be recognized and appreciated for my contributions. Doing something well and being respected for it is extremely important to me, and I do not like being in the background, taking orders from others, or being "just one of the team". I have to put my personal stamp on everything I do, and make the choices I want. I need to have a place where I can shine, and be the one in charge.

I have huge dreams and I know I possess the determination, spirit, vitality, and enthusiasm to bring them into being. I also own a very noble, romantic heart, and a secret love for the dramatic, colorful, and extravagant.

I like receiving the love and applause of an adoring audience; even if the "audience" is just one other person. Though I know, at times, I appear radiantly self-confident and independent, I am actually very much dependent on the respect, love, and recognition of others. To succeed, I need someone to believe in my dreams- someone to believe in me.

When I love, I love whole-heartedly and generously with no strings attached, but I do not possess the ability or the knowledge to make the person I love feel special. This uncertainty lies in the back of my mind… Always there, but I know I should not worry that I can only love the way I was taught. “Just because someone does not love you the way you want them to, does not mean they do not love you the only way they are able to.” Immensely loyal, I tend to defend my loved ones and stand by them to the end (even to a fault)- as long as they never offend my pride or betray my open trust. “Love is Blind, but Friendship is Clairvoyant.” I tend to be the strong one in a relationship. I do not share the leading role very easily, and I do not wish to be forced to.

My ideal is a person who is as strong-willed I am, but he will not try to dominate or compete with me. I will back away from a relationship if oppressed, threatened, or overpowered. I possess a crazy zest and love for life, and while I hold a warm and generous heart (easily broken) I do not believe in such a thing as Happily Ever After. I am oblivious to many things, possess an uncertainty about my appearance, a stubborn streak a mile wide, and I trust very easily, but once that trust is broken, I cannot forget. “Once shot, twice shy.” My biggest flaw is my tendency to be very self-centered. I forget there is another, larger world that does not revolve around me. ^{The essentials are on the left.}

//e v e r y d a y ^legends