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Who Are You

This entry was posted on April 3, 2009 11:24 PM and is filed under Things I Shouldn't Be Talking About Here.

"I don't really know who you are."

That is a statement that was made to me today by someone I had been conversing with for nearly six months. It struck me as rather odd simply because we had been talking for so long, and because pretty much everything you could want to know about me is right here, all out there in the open for the reading in this very blog. If you wish to delve deeper I suppose one could read my poetry blog as well, or simply pose a question and get an answer. Why over complicate the fundamental?

Who are you? What exactly defines who you are? Are you defined by your age, sex, location, job, home, vehicle, family etc. etc., or is there more to you than just that? I should certainly like to think so. So far as I am concerned all those things are just statistics, and like most statistics, they don't have any real bearing on what's actually what. If anything they are just meaningless oversimplifications at best. Do those things really say anything about who you are? I don't believe so.

Now I can appreciate why my acquaintance made that statement, because lets face it there are a lot of people out there in this wild wicked world who go to great lengths to portray themselves as something they are not. It's a sad but all too true fact of life. As for me though, I never saw the point in that, and I have never been one to shy from making a point. As the old saying goes, "I would rather have you hate me for who I am, then love me for who I am not". Makes sense to me, but then most common sense makes sense to me, so go figure.

I came to realize a long, long time ago that I am not everyone's cup of tea, and quite frankly I am perfectly content with that notion. I have always believed that one should endeavor to spend their time in the company of those who enjoy their company, as opposed to being untrue to themselves so that they can spend time in the company of those who don't. I have reached a point in my life where I know who and what I am, and I don't see the reason to be any other way. I like myself very much. Clearly I know who I am, and now you do too. The question remains though.

Who are you?

Have fun ;)!