The Exact Definition

If you look up the word "Identity" on the internet or a dictionary, what will people actually find? Identity could be used in such a vague and general term, that it would take more then 5 pages to write about. I believe that someone's identity is based on who the person thinks they are.

I confess that sometimes I find myself thinking that I may be a bad person because of certain mistakes that I do, but I would not consider myself a bad person. Does anybody really consider themselves a bad person?

Identity may have a lot to do with what drives our life, whether it would be love, or lust, or religion, or possibly theories that people live by. If a person's belief is what drives their life and is present in their everyday life, then that can be a big portion of what they believe their identity is.

In my opinion, what makes up a person's identity is a combination of morals, beliefs, opinions, and instincts. I strongly believe that those elements do carry us from the moment we're born, until the day we die. They are what we will live with, and is what really sets us apart from other people, because no two people have the same beliefs, morals, instinct, and opinions.

Anything that sets a person apart from the world and what makes you an individual, then I think that's what a person's identity really is. At my age, I believe that I do have a very well idea of who I am, and what will be the choices I may make in my life to come, even if they are mistakes. I can't tell you the exact definition of a person's identity, but I can't say that the only person who does know the answer to the question is the person who is asking.

Karen