Who am I? Am I a product of my environment or am I a combination of many influences? I guess when you look at it I’m a combination of genetic influences, environmental influences and life experiences, both good and bad. So who am I really? A very tough question for anyone to answer, but after everything that’s happened it’s something I’d like to know.
Who you are isn’t having the most expensive TV, the fastest car or the largest home. Finding out who you are is finding the moral character, the integrity and values you possess and wish to pass on to your children and others. But how can I do this? Where do I start?
Life is Hard
I’m sure I’ll make many mistakes along the way but I’m sure that won’t be a bad thing. We shouldn’t be scared of making mistakes, to do so would be stupid. Making mistakes prevents us from developing a sense of complacency. To err is human. No matter how careful we are, we’ll eventually make a mistake somewhere along the line. The trick is to persevere, learn from our mistakes, and eventually we’ll achieve our goal.
“Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult – once we truly understand and accept it – then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.” By M. Scott Peck, author of “The Road Less Traveled
I’m hoping that this journey to find myself will be an enlightening experience. I’ve already had to learn how to become self-sufficient in a very short space of time and I am utterly grateful for everything everyone has done for me.
I know this journey to finding myself will not be easy, but I need to find out whatever it is that makes me me. Knowing this will hopefully help me to move on and make the most of this short life.
As Dan Quayle once said, “The question in life is not whether you get knocked down. You will. The question is, are you ready to get back up…and fight for what you believe in?”
What Next?
I guess the first thing I need to do is to start asking myself lots of questions, questions that are difficult, that dare to look at the bigger pictures. This isn’t going to be easy, I know that, but until I know at least some of the answers how can I expect to truly know who I am and what I want to be?
I’ll continue to do this for as long as it takes. Once I have some answers I can then seriously look at acting upon this newly discovered knowledge to make my life what I truly want it to be, and to do the things I want to do!.
Wish me luck.
Follow your heart, trust those that really care but be certain who they are, your heart will tell you if you look in their eyes, eyes don’t and can’t lie. Still talk to your mum and dad I beleive they can hear you and the answer will come to your heart if you beleive!
Love from your second mum. x
Very profound mum. Welcome aboard!
Good luck mate! Watch out for the weird naked indian when he crosses your path – he will guide you :o)
As Del Preston said about the indian:
“I have to ask, didn’t you think it was a trifle unnecessary to see the crack in the indians bottom?”
I’ll keep an eye out for him and say hi to Jim Morrison along the way!