One Apple A Day #731 - who are you?
Such a simple yet not easy question.
I still don't have "the" answer, maybe because there is no right way to answer.
Whatever I say in response to that question, says something about me. Even if I don't answer at all.
In the mind of the person asking a process begins even before the question comes out. They are trying to match what they see and perceive with the models in their mind so they can fit me somewhere. Make sense of my presence in their world.
So, what and how I decide to answer is very important, and it's not at the same time. There are many things I'm not choosing consciously that are coming through in any case.
But all of this does not solve my problem.
What is the best way to answer such a question?
Sometimes I say what I do, sometimes I describe myself through the connections that I have. I tried starting with why.
They are all incomplete.
There is always something missing.
And maybe I just have to accept that.
Every human being is a multi-layered infinite universe.
I'm still exploring that universe, learning new things about myself every day. And I'm pretty sure it's a journey for which my whole life won't be enough.
Whatever my answer, there will always be something missing.
Something I know but I don't want to, or I'm not ready to share.
Something I know, but I don't know how to share.
But mostly, something I don't know at all.