People on a daily basis ask themselves who they are or who will they become. I cannot answer those questions for them because I am trying to figure out for myself the answers to those questions. I can only be myself. That may be a person who never hides who she is. She is also an artist and poet. She is a woman. She is a daughter. She is a sister. She is human. She is a friend. She is everything. Mostly, she is a very important person in this world. I want to dive right in with my first quote of this post. Brigitte Nicole says, “I am who I am. Not who you think I am. Not who you want me to be. I am me.” In other words, I am me and no one else. Being myself is very important and I am not someone who hides who she is unless it is for a really good reason. I think it also best to surround yourself with people who let you be that person. If you cannot be yourself then you are honestly surrounding yourself with the wrong people.
We are all here for some reason. We sometimes figure out the moment we are born into this world and most of the time it can take a while longer to figure out that reason. That brings me into my next quote by Osho. He says, “Each person comes into this world with a specific destiny–he has something to fulfill, some message has to be delivered, some work has to be completed. You are not here accidentally–you are here meaningfully. There is a purpose behind you. The whole intends to do something through you.” So in other words, there is a purpose for our existence in this world. Whether it is to provide some hope, wisdom, love, leadership, laughter, inspiration, etc., it does not matter what we do. We all have this idea of who we are supposed to become or who we think who we are supposed to become, but a lot of the time it is in our own heads. We listen to others and who they think we should become, but those ideals are wrong too. A part of becoming who we are meant to be is letting go of who we were, like who we were in our past life. That brings me to my next quote by Carrie Bradshaw from Sex In the City. She says, “Maybe you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.” That quote right there ties my two themes in this post together perfectly.
I really wanted to post this on my birthday this year because why not?! I have always take the time to reflect on who I am and who I want to become. So I am strongly encouraging my readers to take this time to really reflect on who they are and who they want to become as well. I want to conclude this post with one final quote from Ramana Maharshi, who says, “The question ‘Who am I? is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.” So in other words there is no true or wrong answer to the question “Who am I?”because it is only meant to
Who Will I Be?
Some say I came into the world with fire
In my veins and the truth in my heart.
If one stands close enough they can see
And feel the emotions, including desire
I wear on my sleeve every day. I start
From scratch because it is who I will be,
And become. They see that fire turns into
Water, something calm below the surface.
To them I am God because they think I have
That much power, but I am only like the blue
And calm sky. I am the raindrops they trace
With their silky fingertips and as they halve
Their love they are born with I am there as
A reminder to be gentle, yet free. Kind yet
Brave. Smart yet balanced. Happy yet elated.
Because I know the fire and I know the topaz
Flames. I know pain. I know the burnt cigarette
And I certainly know how much the world waited.
Your Reasons to Exist
You were made to be loved and to love
With all of your heart. Even as you are
Sinking all you have to do is look above
The dense clouds and see the North Star
Shining bright like a compass. You were
Given a reason to be born and walk with
The ground below your feet. The liqueur
Gives you courage and as the wordsmith
Inside of you emerges from the ashes it
Gives you the strength to live a life you
Dreamed about. You choose to either fit
In like the perfect puzzle piece or to do
What the world has never seen before;
Become the reason to walk back to shore.