What is Star Trek to You?

I just finished a rewatch of some of the better Star Trek docs, like 'For the Love of Spock' and the DS9 retrospective 'What We Left Behind'. Those two in particular are quite poignant, and the emotion displayed by the actors is very genuine and quite heartfelt (looking up at you, Aron Eisenberg).

I find that some of my favorite parts of these docs are the testimonials by the fans talking about what Star Trek means to them, and I realized it's been a while since I've seen a post asking the question of what brought us all here to begin with. Star Trek fans are seriously the best, and r/startrek is by far the greatest sub on Reddit.

So please, I beg you, take a moment to get a little sappy and share your story. It doesn't have to be too long if you don't want it to. Sometimes a single sentence will suffice. For others, be as long winded as you please. I know for certain I'll be reading them all and taking them to heart, and I'm sure plenty of others will appreciate them too!