Ponderings

Hanging over at misscam's LJ reading a recent update, I came across this:

In Babylon 5, the Vorlons and the Shadows each ask one question. The Vorlons ask: "Who are you?" The Shadows ask: "What do you want?"

So who am I and what do I want?

In answer,

I am human being, a daughter and a sister, a friend and an enemy. I am both good and evil and I walk the path between. I am one star in the sky, one raindrop in the ocean, one voice in a choir. I am a traveller on the road and like everyone else on the path, I walk alone, but together. There was life before I came and life will go on when I am gone. I am not the greatest nor the smartest nor the first nor the last, but I am here. I am myself, and in the eyes of the world this is all and everything I can be.

I want life, I want to live. I want to hear and be heard, to see and be seen. I want to be part of the world and help heal the hurts we inflict upon each other and ourselves. I want the peace that comes not from oppression but from compassion. I want the freedom and the courage to be my own self and make my own way in the world. I want the courage to encounter Death as a friend rather than a foe. And I want the world to know that I exist and to be accepted for who I am - me.

Wow. Deep.

Also, last night (or more specifically, very early this morning) we attempted to see a meteor shower, attempted being the operative word. Just me, my mum and my brother, lying in the middle of the school oval at two o'clock in the morning, staring at the sky. And although we didn't see any stars (it was a cloudy night), I came away feeling content. The world is a wondrous place.