A Most Unlikely Sythesis
I've changed. A lot, over the years. I'd like to think the majority of it was for the better.
The two primary influences upon me have been surprisingly contradictory, on the surface. My obsession with dolphins has led me to learn a lot about how I approcah life based on how they do the same. I have learned to be honest and straightforward with my feelings, and to not allow my darker impulses to overwhelm me.
On the other hand (or fluke?) the Vulcans from Star Trek have a lot of admirable qualities, tempered of course by Spock's wisdom in ST:VI ("logic is the beginning, not the end"). While I embrace my feelings, I do not allow them to control me, or to cloud my judgement. Analytical thought comes first, and this has led to a lot of people thinking of me as cold at times, when I simply constrain my emotions to a backseat position when what seems like the rest of the world is incapable of doing so.
I have found a strikingly stable balance between these two philosophies.
The two primary influences upon me have been surprisingly contradictory, on the surface. My obsession with dolphins has led me to learn a lot about how I approcah life based on how they do the same. I have learned to be honest and straightforward with my feelings, and to not allow my darker impulses to overwhelm me.
On the other hand (or fluke?) the Vulcans from Star Trek have a lot of admirable qualities, tempered of course by Spock's wisdom in ST:VI ("logic is the beginning, not the end"). While I embrace my feelings, I do not allow them to control me, or to cloud my judgement. Analytical thought comes first, and this has led to a lot of people thinking of me as cold at times, when I simply constrain my emotions to a backseat position when what seems like the rest of the world is incapable of doing so.
I have found a strikingly stable balance between these two philosophies.