questioning.

Forces around us cause us to bend and to flicker like flames; they sometimes threaten to put us out. We must, through our own strength, regain our footing to shine once more. Is the flame – are – the same as before? Continually shaped by the world – everything outside of us – and yet, we are inside the world. And like a mother feels the kick of her baby in the womb, perhaps so, too, can the world witness and be affected by our continuous journey through the cycle of defeat and conquest. But if we are, as it very well might be the case, perpetually evolving, who are we really?