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I am violently warring for peace. I know this is a paradox, and I'm rather
proud because it is true. Passivity has been a lifelong threat, laziness a
constant lure in my search for identity. This world begs me to succumb to
existing in the image of someone else, it asks only that I slip silently and
blindly into the niche it provides instead of carving my own. I required a
long time to work up courage to fight for the serenity I had glimpsed in hot
summer woods and in lovingly handled books read late until the early morning.
Doubt had established itself in my mind at some early age, when or why I do
not know, and I could trust any person or group more than myself. Doubt begat
fear, and fear gave birth to obscuring myself from the eyes of the world
while I was a child.

Now, I am dedicated to the fight, after over five years of fear and
immobility. I rejected the easiest way out of life, and demanded truth. I
strengthened my body as I strengthened my mind......

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