Title: Atrayu & Bastian

Gender: Male

Age: 27

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Chinese Sign: Metal Rooster

Location: Omaha

Check out this bookshelf if you want to understand the broad range of interests I indentify with.  If a walking contradiction hasn't become cliche, I would state the definition as a succinct statement of this Self.

I am Norman Rockwell's All-American boy, balanced by Milton's most seductive character.  I've spent the last 10 rotations around this Sun living like the Prodigal Son.  Will and Pride needed to be refined until I could separate myself from them. 

I've had the honor of Being a spectrum of roles that were always wanted, brought on by that which is beyond personal control.  Perhaps the previous statement is a cop-out intended to negate my responsibility for who I am, and I cannot think of any personal narrative I'd rather posses.

I met my reflection, an Angel from Nazareth, at a high-point of Ego-centrism and lack of direction.  Tenaciously, I am remembering humility and peace.  I accept the changing roles expected of me, as I find no more satisfying joy than self-sacrifice.  At my most immature, self-sacrifice was nothing but a defense mechanism to hold anything back from understanding me.  I have inflicted very deep scars on the Souls of others, self-inflicted fissues on my own, just to understand the simple Truth of Transparency.

As an essayist, I enjoy nothing more than redefining experiential meaning with a word-processor.  I enjoy playing into a stranger's expected definition;  the more another experiences, the more categorical molds I flex out of. 

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