[quote author=Kwami link=topic=60700.msg385248#msg385248 date=1323990205]
whatever emotional baggage that I carry, I can always blame Burnham and my parents
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Emotional baggage/ experience invariably defines ones' outlook. I find Muslims to be firmly defined by Islam and the set of 'way of life' principles at their disposal because it is an ongoing commitment.
The emotional baggage/ experience does not define you but it projects you and to that end that is how you are seen despite what is in your consciousness.