How many times do you think you can fall before you learn to fly?

This is the blog of someone who has waited far, far too long to learn to fly, and the first attempt has become increasingly more intimidating each time I put it off. I have been afraid to try new things for as long as I can remember, afraid to make a fool of myself, afraid that people wouldn’t like my words and consequently, me.

Well I have cowered behind my own road blocks for too long, it’s time to get out there! So here goes, who knows? I don’t know if I have anything unique to offer, but it’s damn time to find out.

I’d like to start by introducing myself, since it seems as though that’s how these things go. I’ll have you know right now that despite my tendency toward flowery language I am forward and more often than not, extremely tactless. I play the Devil’s Advocate to an infuriating extent at times, but only because it infuriates me when people are blinded to the other side of the equation by their own tunnel vision. I don’t know if it’s because of my long stints at playing the Devil’s Advocate, or because of my close relationship with sarcasm, but I can be very contrary. I subscribe to superstitions that I do not actually believe in, maybe because it’s fun, I don’t know. I am a very skeptical, I don’t believe in anything that you can’t offer me empirical evidence for, or at the very least can’t be scientifically justified.

Nonetheless, I am a nice person, and I do believe that there is goodness and potential in every person if you take the time to find it. In fact another thing that I find infuriating is the fact that people can’t seem to muster the ability to be courteous and kind to one another. It is not hard to be polite, it’s just not. I am caring to the point of extreme empathy, and I have a penchant and talent for getting people to open up, listening, and giving sound advice. The image-link below is the result of a personality test that I took some time ago that I found describes me quite well:

Personality Analysis

Now that you have a general idea of the personality behind the words, I’m off for now.

-Q.M.