About Submissive Me

Ok, so I finally submitted to the networking miracle that is Facebook. Even though I started the Myspace trend with a couple of my friends and my now-addicted girlfriend Emily, I am almost the last in my group of friends to jump into this newer friends network. I added all my friends from high school and from work. Stepped into a moment of memories of the old days, wishing I could see everyone again and catch up. Yet I know life is too hectic and there will be time for that one of these days after my efforts have been completed to figure out where I am going.
But facebook has posed a question that I have often asked myself. And I came up with some interesting thoughts about me, or within me for that matter. It reads:

"About Me
Simply put, I am a normal guy seeking out the most in life. I'm legal and still alive, and thats good by many standards. I'm a hopeless romantic, part of the few that still remain, and I am not afraid to show it. Romanticism still exists, you just have to recreate it for yourself. Love is made, not sought after or hoped for. I try to treat every person with the respect that they deserve, and ignore the negativity of those who demand too much. I want to grow up and have an amazingly beautiful family and be at all the baseball games, school recitals and capture all the moments of explosive laughter. I want that dream, and I will fight to make it mine. I'm just like every other guy, but with too big of a dream.
When you realize where you'll be in 40 years and focus on where you want to be in 40 years, you'll find no reason not to take chances; to make mistakes; to learn life the hard way. True success is based upon the foundation of failure...just don't be afraid to dust off your pants and keep on walking the paths of life. Pursuing a dream seems to be a lost art in this day and age. Yet that is how our lives came to be...one man (not male, but a MAN) stood for a dream, whether it meant life or death, success or immediate failure. But they never gave up on their hopes, because life just wouldn't be worth living if there was nothing to live for.
I've made my mistakes, and learn from them every second of the day. We are only human. I am only a human. I'm sorry for that. I love meeting people that I can make smile when they have no other reason to. Gives me hope that within each and every individual there lies a flame of hope not yet extinguished and a seed of greatness yet to be planted. I admire people who can find the time to smile. It changes everyone's mood who might encounter it.
I want to live in California one day and climb the mountains near the Pacific every weekend. I want to watch the sunset over the still water of the western coast for as long as I can imagine. And I'd like to write a book someday. Maybe inspire a couple of people to change their lives and attitudes around to pursue what really matters in life; not the petty nature of financial struggle, insignificant bickering, or criticizing individuals for doing something they themselves would never think to do. "

Funny how two simple words can make you wonder about yourself.