What are you? I have been contemplating the difference between what I am and what I do. What activities do a participate in at a deep enough level that I internalize them to be part of me? I would say I blog, but I am not a blogger. In contrast I would say I am a runner I do not just go for runs. Are you you getting the difference? I am one who has faith in a Deity, I go to church. I am a Rehab Med student, I work at the Glenrose Rehab Hospital. I am bald, I shave my head. I am a LOST watcher, I watch Entourage. I am an outdoors enthusiast, I like to take naps. I am part of some great friendships, I treat other people like friends. I am single, I hope to meet someone that would be fun to date. I am soft spoken, I am more likely to get taken advantage of than to take advantage of someone.
I thought of some things that come to mind when trying to determine what one is but they did not seem to have any tangible meaning to me. Some examples include "I am Canadian", "I am male", "I am white", "I am 6'4ish" . . . All of these descriptions are literally and technically true, however, i do not feel I am these things. It seems to me that it is these sort of labels that people seem to rely on when figuring out someone. Perhaps it is easier to group people into categories with no real validity or many common denominators within them so peoples assumptions of what a white guy, who is sort of tall from Canada is like. I understand the importance of labels as far as meaningful communication goes i think though sometimes labels actually make us lazy and make interactions less meaningful.
I understand that the what I am verses what I do, set up in the first paragraph is faulty as well as people constantly change and what was once a do could become a what I am. I am not getting at much of anything except the fact that people are a lot of things and most of what people are is not what we collectively group them as.
So what are you? Good luck with that, I certainly don't know. I don't know what I am just a ruff idea of who I want to become.
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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
Nelson Mandela
You are powerful beyond measure Hersch. I have come to realize that I don't know if I, or maybe any of us, will figure out who we are until very late in life and at that point it might not matter. But nevertheless and notwithstanding, your quest for the true RCH is a noble one and I will be there to enjoy the quest from a safe distance...you don't want to stand to close to Dy-no-myte!!!
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