Article December 14, 1974 ISSUE

Identity—What Does It Mean?

V. GILLEAN PARKER

Who am I? Where is my place? What is my purpose? Haven't we all asked these questions at some time and searched for deep, satisfying answers? I certainly have, and this search led me to find my answer.

I had been ignorantly allowing self-depreciation to make me feel that my individual place in life was of no real use or value. So one day, deeply depressed, I took myself off to a nearby lake, surrounded by dense woods. I didn't know what I was going to do. But I wasn't sure I wanted to go on living.

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