What do you keep safe?

What part of identity do you most cherish?  Is it your analytical prowess?  Or perhaps your ability to command attention when entering a room?  Maybe it is how close you are with your girlfriends (or boyfriends).  Perhaps you're an acutely sharp person, with a dry sense of humor?  Or maybe you're the party goer?  Maybe you read a lot? 

We all have a specialty of sorts.

The inevitable question is: what happens when you let go of this closely held identity?  Conversely: what happens when you hold it so tight that it snaps?