One Apple A Day #820 - the who question
"Who am I?" is a powerful question.
One that I've been carrying with me since I can remember.
It's a question that works on its own, even when I'm not deliberately trying to answer.
It is a tricky question, however.
In a way, the answer is easy. I am the living, talking and walking answer.
It is when I want to find an answer in words that things become more complicated. When that desire is triggered, the result is long moments of introspection.
The fact is, that when it comes to the "who am I" question, there is no single answer or absolute truth.
No unambiguous certainty.
The risk then is to get stuck digging in the messiness I hold inside for something that doesn't exist. Not in the form I'd like at least.
So, maybe "who am I?", albeit powerful, is not always the best question to ask if my aim is to grow and move forward.
Perhaps, a better question would be "Who do I want to be?"
It's still a tough question for which I doubt I will ever find a definitive answer. But at least it's future-oriented. Plus, it's a question that invites me to use my imagination instead of my logic. So the journey goes from one of understanding what is to one of creating what will be.