So, in case you haven't noticed, the name I chose for my webpage is "Unconditional." I figured it might be a good idea to take a little time to explain what that word means to me. I see the word "unconditional" most frequently used in front of the word "love." Loving someone without condition requires disregarding their faults, and I don't really think it's a concept that I can wholeheartedly support. In theory, it sounds like a nice idea, but there are people in this world that I know I could never love. There are even people that have hurt me personally beyond my own comprehension of cruelty. If I were to disregard these people's faults, it would be like discounting my own self worth. When I chose the word "unconditional" in the context of this webpage, I was thinking more along the lines of openmindedness. Take the root of the word, "condition." One of it's definitions, according to Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, is "a: to adapt, modify, or mold so as to conform to an environing culture, b: to modify so that an act or response previously associated with one stimulus becomes associated with another." Maybe you've noticed the conditioning you're being subjected to every day; maybe you haven't. The media in America is quite adept at molding the unattainable goal that culture demands we strive for, which makes our country a breeding ground for discrimination based on sex, gender identity, race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, weight, disability, etc. I just believe in trying one's best to live an unconditional life, in essence, to do as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said and judge people "by the content of their character," not by any of the characteristics mentioned above. I am by no means perfect. If I wanted to preach, I'd probably be a more religious person than I am. I'm just a kind-hearted, sensitive little hippy who's not thrilled about the number of teens with eating disorders and the rate of GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered) suicides in our youth. I really believe that our children deserve a better world than what exists now, and change happens one person at a time.