Here I am, a week and a half into the new year, and already things are changing. That's what comes of getting ready to break ties with the familiar and strike out on my own. Moving out! Yes. As soon as possible. Hopefully sometime within the next four or five months. I've got a job possibility on my horizon that might get me out sooner; it pays much better than my last one. Here's hoping!

I suppose the concept of "moving out" represents the direction I'm headed these days. Time for something new. I'm tired of my old identity; I want to find out what I'm really capable of. My faith tags along with me, but as a different substance than it was. God is still my God, I still serve Him; but I'm separating culture from relationship. I grew up in the Christian subculture, and at the moment I want little to do with it. Is that so bad? Am I a rebel now? Perhaps. But I'd rather be a genuine rebel than a fake patriot. I just want to be honest with myself and other people. So tired of the facade...

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