My Identity

I am first and foremost someone who loves God and tries to live through Him, this is the largest part of my identity. This is solely a result of my own personal experiences and not the result of my upbringing; although my parents made an attempt to raise my as a Christian, it took God's hand interfering in my life before I actually became Christian. Although I am a Christian I do not follow a specific sect of Christianity as I believe that unity, not division is what Christ wanted his followers to practice. I try my hardest to not come off too boldly with my religious views or shove them down other people's throats because I definitely respect other people's spiritual beliefs. However, anyone in my life who has any sort of a real, deep closeness with me shares at the very least my love for God and Jesus. The second largest chunk of my identity is my involvement in and connection with horses, without which I would be a very miserable person. I made the decision to devote my entire life to horses when I was 13 yrs old, and since then I have realized that I will not be happy in my life doing anything else. My dream is to compete in the Olympics in equestrian show jumping, which is a sport in which men and women compete in the same event on horseback and the goal is to navigate the horse over a pre-determined course of various obstacles as quickly as possible without knocking any of them down. Another huge chunk of my identity are people who matter in my life, all of whom I have an undying love for. I cherish friends and family and consider myself to be extremely social. I become unhappy if I go for more than a day without any meaningful interaction with my friends, and extremely unhappy if I go an extended amount of time without partying. To party is, for me, an extremely important aspect of my social life and emotional health. I love to celebrate life with my friends and will become very depressed if consistently denied the chance to do so.