I guess I have always been a bit of a rebel, albeit a quiet one, I am one  of those people  that watch and learn.

Nothing  wrong in  that, but it can be a little isolating,  I love to  explore new things and learn new skills, for  me SL is a learning  process,rather than a  social  thing.

I used  to be so naive and friendly,  and got burned a few times,  so  its  kind of sad that  one of my main lessons is  not to trust people in this virtual world.

We are  all of course  multi faceted beings, often hiding behind a mask of   our own choosing, not only in SL but in RL. thats fine,  as humans we are lucky to have that ability, what  isnt  fine is  when we  use  that   to mislead and undermine others. but thats  just my opinion and morality.

Being  quite a spiritual  being helps  my health and temper a lot, I try  to make allowances for  my own personal failings  and others, I  do often wonder if I live in some alternate reality at times  though, or   that my perception of  both lives is a little strange.

I have  few  close friends in both lives, many aquaintances, but  friends I count on one hand,  not because   I am not a friendly person,  but because I like my personal privacy.  I can party with the best of them and  have done so frequently throughout life,  but at  some point I think each of us  go through what I call a  ahah moment, where suddenly we realise   that there is so much more to our existence  and so much more to explore of this vast universe than  rushing out to buy  the next new   fad , be it  in fashion, gaming,  computers   or i phone.

No  I am not knocking  those items,   and yes  they were at one point priority  numero  uno  for me, until my  ahah moment.

Having been  brought up in  an  alternative way,  it was a  bit of a  wild childhood, and for that I am eternally grateful. It  just took a while for me to understand  it.

I am  not a religious person, in many ways   that would  be  great,  I could   behave  as badly  as I liked,   do my  prayers  for forgiveness and   start all over again  that would be   so easy and    for many it is a coping  mechanism for life.

Yes I did say I was  a spiritual  one, there is a  big difference,  as always I have to go for the difficult option  lol,  but nothing that is truly valuable  ever comes easy.

At present  happily building a world within a world in SL, is  keeping me  in a state of ignorant bliss, I never was one for  drama unless it  is  on a stage.

My journey through  both lives continues,

May yours  be a safe and happy one also,

Much love

Xia

xox