Originally Posted by: GuitarPsyhad to react on this ;)

your mind can change, if you ask it to, I've changed tremendously over the past 9 months (it's often caused by a huge loss or great pain), such situations give you a huge motivation to change, I agree that you can't change your true self, your characteristics, but you can bend them, it's all about how you deal with life in every aspect, feelings, people, prejudices, values and moral code, the way to change comes from understanding, be completely aware of why things are the way they are and why people act the way they do

I also agree agree on the fact that you should be careful saying those things in public, most people aren't in the same 'world of change' you're in and won't understand. What I've experienced is that most people are afraid, cause they're not ready to be confronted with such life issues, common knowledge that people are afraid of change, fear of things they don't understand/the unknown

once I've set my mind on something I wanna find out, I won't stop until I find it! screw the unknown! :p

Thanks for your response. I suppose you're correct in what you're saying. Yes, I think heavy emotional or traumatic moments can thrust a person into change if you're really committed to change. Although I do believe that the basic building blocks of a personality are there by the time you're 5 or 6. I know that's a Freudian concept, but there appears to be some truth to it. I like the idea of bending those building blocks though.

I know it sounds weird, but I spend the majority of my time alone and some times that lonliness just makes me half-mad. I end up putting some things out there in public just because I need to feel some level of connectedness to someone or something. But as you so aptly put it, it's easily misinterpreted or seen out of context.

And yes, most people are afraid of things they cannot see, understand or empathize with.

Again, thank you for the response. In the immortal words of Walter Becker and Donald Fagan "You can run but you can't hide from what's inside of you..." :)