An about me....

This was an "about me" that I read on a friend's page. As I read through it, I felt it was describing me to a certain extent. I also loved the way it was written and wish I could write something so beautiful and yet so articulate:

"If I did things right, you'll forget all about me by the time you finish reading this...

If I were to condense myself into one word, it would have to be conflict. I thrive off it, I yearn for it, and I dread it with every ounce of my being. I feel most alive when my soul is in turmoil, but I spend the majority of my time fighting for peace.

I'm not the least bit artistic, but I like to consider myself creative. I'm a child at heart, but an adult at mind, and my daily life falls somewhere in between.

I strive to make others happy, at all costs. If I could, I would devote my entire life to doing just that, and nothing more.

I pride myself on my view of others, in that I make a strong effort to see the good in people. While this does tend to make me seem naive, that I hold people up too high, that notion is only superficial. The reality of it is that I'm not naive, I'm fully aware of the faults and flaws of others, I just don't care about them. In my eyes, those things have no right influencing judgment. Do I think people are perfect? No, and I wouldn't have it any other way. It's what one does with their imperfection that shapes my opinion of them, and there is very little one can do to make me think any less of them.

I hold the rest of the world to a standard much different from my own, a standard to which I constantly and consistently fall short, but for which I never stop aiming.

I worry every day that I'm veering away from the person I so long to become, but I feel that this worry only helps me to stay on track.

Someday, I hope to let go of the past that has shaped me so strongly, but I fear that in losing it, I will lose myself, and all the good my past has catalyzed.

In the end, I cannot truly say who I am, because I haven't met me, but if I should, I'd like to say that I was fond of him."

I'd like to hear what according to you in this text is applicable or inapplicable to me.