Children of Light, Children of Darkness

Anonymous To me, we are all exactly what the title of this blog denotes, children of light and children of darkness.  There is this dichotomy in all of us whether we know it or not, and it is not "Harry Potter" style either.  We experience this, at least for me personally, as we learn and grow via experiences such as this trip.  Experiences are the only way we can learn who we are as people and define our identity.  There are various things that help up tap in to that identity and help us find out who we are, the main thing to me is confidence in yourself.  Now I know, I need to practice what I preach, and I push a little more towards it each day.  "Baby steps", as my family advises me.  Even as I walk down the street here in Athens my old childhood self in my head comes out, "UGH, why are your legs so short?  Long legs would be so much better for all this walking!"  This is the darkness within me, I think.  The times when I am not at peace with who I am.  Granted, there are times when I am, I would just like there to be more of those times.  These nagging feelings or "darknesses" plague many of my age group, and trips like these serve as the "baby steps" I mentioned earlier.  I guess through the moments of "darkness", all we can really do is hang onto the moments of light and laughter in our days.  And work towards those moments of light, because thoe are, I suppose, what define us more than anything.