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As the years quickly pass, and all the moving parts around me that constitute MY LIFE......I find it difficult to conceptualize "how vpw/twi changed my identity" in any permanent way. Having transitioned into college life a year before ever hearing of twi, nearly everything around me was challenging my identity of self. Sure, my goals had *Business Management and Marketing* in sight......but that was about it. lol But like many young adults, I wasn't locked into a precision-guided career path until I'd checked out some options along the way. And, lo and behold.....some young, enthusiastic WOWs were bopping around with this "research class" so I took it. In contemplating this episode [click]....Transition and Transference So....how has my indentity been altered by twi? 1) Yes and no....more head-knowledge and experiences, but didn't change my heart 2) I thrive on independence....and, for awhile, thought twi advanced 'liberty in Christ' 3) By 1978, inrez corps mtgs...wierwille was fuming at what he called 'cop-outs' [RED FLAG] 4) Began to see a consistent dichotomy in what vpw taught and how he lived 5) Even as in-resident corps, I held fast to my integrity and would not let it go 6) Saw a major chasm between hq-staff living and those assigned to "the field" 7) Loved reading the gospels and how Jesus lived and walked among the people 8) Maybe, I should have never gone corps? [but I met this beautiful corps woman] 9) So, I guess....EVERYTHING was altered because she became my wife 10) Add, our two sons....and 'the road less taken made ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE' Yep, I took this side-detour into twi....and it altered EVERYTHING concerning me, but it altered NOTHING about me. In my travels to find my true identity....I came to realize that I already had established it deep-down inside all along. The bedrock of who I am was established in those formidable days of farm life, small town, good-hearted friends, neighbors and a blessed family. Like Dorothy [Wizard of Oz], what I thought I was searching for was THERE all along. But unlike Dorothy, I didn't just "come back home" .....I married someone who, also, was following 'the yellow brick road.' In traveling life's journey, I'm not sure how one can traipse thru experience after experience and not be altered in some way or fashion. Isn't that why autobiographies are so interesting?