I have been a Wiccan for about 7 years, on and off. It has been somewhat of a struggle for me, but, I know I've found my true nature in Wicca. I was Christian before, but there always seemed to be something missing in my life. Then, I came across this article about Wicca. I started reading it and began to realize that I had found something very special. I started dabbling in the magic aspects of it, also reading up on it. And I found that Wicca was a true religion! Not just about magic and spells, but about the Goddess and God! And the love of the earth! The more I read the more I fell in love with it! I became more involved with the idea of a Goddess and God and the earth! Things that I never noticed before, I now do! Things like a little flower, weed or otherwise, I stop and enjoy it's beauty. I talk to trees and plants as if they were actual people! I know every life, even bugs, have the right to live just as we do! Although I'm afraid of Spiders, I respect them, because they are sacred to the Goddess! I love nature and love walking through it as much as I can. There's not a day that goes by thatI don't appreciate nature and all it's forms. Wicca has changed my perspective and has changed my life! The big thing is that some covens orevensolitary practioners forget about the God and only think about the Goddess! But that's not how I do things! I think about them both! Just like magic. Though I do not preform dark magic, but, it is both, becausenature is both. There is a dark side and a light side to nature. anyway, I am proud to be a Wiccan and flaunt it where ever I go! I have my penticalaround my neck always! And when someone beats it down I protect it firstly! I am very protective of my religion and will not think twice in sticking up for it! I am now happywith what I have and try to be respectful to others religious beliefs as well as my own, but if you disrespect my beliefs, just know that, I'll bash you down with words! And it wont be nice or pretty!I am a peaceful person, but very protective of what I believe.