One Apple A Day #348
I had a few powerful and deep conversations lately. The ones where tough questions are asked.
“Who am I?”
“Who do I want to be?”
“For what are you ready to risk your life/money/relationship/job?”
In none of those conversations, I had been able to find an answer or at least something that I can accept as such.
After scratching my head, digging into my thoughts and emotions without coming up with nothing that satisfies me, new questions came up.
“Do I need those answers?”
“What does it mean to know who I am?”
“What would I do differently knowing who I am?”
As usual, I got easily trapped in self-reflection and introspection. I can spend hours, alone or with others, dwelling on these topics. This post, Today, started from my attraction to self-exploration without even knowing where I was headed.
But is it worth it?
I don’t have a valid answer for any of those questions. But two things just came to the mind that can help me.
The first is that “being aware of something does not imply that we understand it”. So, I can be aware of who I am even if I can not explain it in words.
The second thing is the scene from Kung Fu Panda III, the one in which Po teach to all the tribe to be who they are through being who they are, doing what they love.
I am the answer. With all my different and sometimes conflicting facets, with lights and shadows, my contradictions, my beliefs, my values, my emotions, my body. I am all of it. And none of it.
So, the only way you have to know who I am is to share a part of your journey with me.