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So I've been thinking on and off for a while now that I would quite like to start communicating in one form or another, but I always stopped myself because I thought assuming others wanted to hear my thoughts was arrogant; but on the other hand, who is to say people don't.

The truth is I don't wanna blog for others, I want to blog for myself. And so here it is, the beginning! And with it comes the question...who am I?

My name is Alex J Burke. I'm now 22, and I think of all the comments that people have made about me the following is undoubtedly true: I think too much. People have been telling me that for years. At this point I accept it and get on with things, but there have been times in my life where I have pondered so deeply that I've felt I lost myself. My thoughts wonder, I have a butterfly brain and I have been known to confuse myself.

I'm curious to see if my ramblings make any sense; there have been times when things just didn't make sense to me and the pursuit of an answer almost destroyed me; perhaps the first big lesson I learnt is that sometimes things just are, emotions we just feel and there is no definitive to be found apart from that's the way it is.

I would now say that it's so important to live your own life and be yourself. I think that everybody has the power to decide what they want and that we can all change if we really want to. We can be whoever and whatever we want to be, and we can achieve anything that we truly believe we can.

And so here it is. My philosphy...or some of it anyway. I believe in people. I enjoy the chance to communicate with and understand what is important to others. As long as I have an open mind and don't ever think that I have the answers, as long as I'm prepared to be wrong...then it's all still worth it. The truth is I enjoy being wrong because it means I have learnt something; and I really think that's all we can do.We do things, take responsibility for our actions - we make mistakes, but we learn from them.

I reckon there is something in all that; maybe all we can really do is try to be the best people we can. We are all human, we are all flawed....but as long as we try our best, engage with the opportunities we have and the people around us, and embrace ourselves; then we truly live.