How does one "find" themselves?

Don't try to become your oldself. I believe what you're feeling is responsibility and maturity nocking on your door. Become the level someone to deal with that.

 

iwas a hippie since i was a teen-ager. i got away from it for quite some time on the (false) understanding that i was not to live in the past. but a short time ago(about 5-6 years ago), i came in contact with the work of skip stone at hippyland. as i continued to immerse myself in his work and the links off of his website, my spirit began to be renewed. it seems to me now that you are what you are. you don't start being one thing and then become something else. i began to immerse myself in all things hippie and am still doing so at present. no one or nothing can change who you and i are. try doing what i am doing still to this day--immerse yourself in all things hippie, and you'll see things turning hippie again. hang in there! persevere! paisley skye.