April 14, 2007

• I was sitting here watching The Holiday when I got to thinking about the complexity of relationships and human interaction, especially when it comes to the romantic side of things.  It's funny the way our lives intertwine and tangle in this vast web, and how we're so connected to one another without even fully realizing it most of the time. I've written entries about the heart, personal identity, the self, and the need we all feel to protect ourselves from hurt, but the way all of these different things come together really forms the true picture of who we are. The reality of who we are is not just our inner selves, but rather the sum totality of every aspect of us that makes us uniquely ourself, both inside and out, hidden and obvious, large and small. Your inner self that you hide, your outer self that people see, all the various masks you wear, the hurt you hide, the actions you take, the emotions you feel, all of these things are pieces of you, not just the innocent helpless inner you that you hide deep within your heart.

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