To become a profound lover.

I don't mind contradicting myself. Because I'm feeling my way through life. Much of the time I don't know what I'm doing. I'm illogical. I'm testing. Experimenting. Trying to make sense of the chaos. Therefore, I may think one thing today. And come to a totally different conclusion tomorrow. Heck, I'm ashamed of some positions I've taken in the past on political, economic and social issues. And people I used to dislike, I now like. And vice versa. Some of those I used to like have now fallen in disfavor. I try to keep an open mind. For instance, my parents saw to it that I got a 'Christian' education. I went through a comfirmation class. And became a so-called card-carrying Christian. But really not. Because I was a robot. Just went through the motions. And when I became more alive and began to think for myself, I became a free-thinker. Much better than being a member of an organized religion. And I suppose that as a teen-ager I had Republican leanings. My gawd. Now I've seen the light. I'm rather independent. But I certainly have socialist leanings. I call myself a liberal. But I'm constantly defining the term. To suit me. I also consider myself an explorer. I make discoveries. And maybe my biggest and most meaningful discovery of all is love. The very concept. Exploring and defining it. And then living it. I was never fully alive until I fell in love. And maybe there's even something beyond love. Or let's put it this way: love is limitless. I keep reaching new plateaus. Seems to me that's why I was put on Mother Earth. To become a profound lover. --Jim Broede