Freshly fallen thoughts...
So, as always, tonight I find myself surfing through everyone's livejournals. And almost all serious entries have one common theme: Finding one's self.
And tonight it occured to me. How does one find one's self? Do they find it in a book, on TV, in a song, or go outside and look in their backyard?
I just don't understand the phrase "Finding yourself". I have never tried to find myself. Maybe I'm just lucky in the fact that I've never truely felt lost to the point that I had to look for myself. And I'm not even trying to be sarcastic here, but honestly...
I know who I am. I'm proud of who I am. I'm proud to say I'm friends with the people I hang out with. And although I know I've done some stupid things, I'm proud to say that I don't regret a thing I have done.
Not to say that 1 year ago I was the same person, or that in a year I will be the same person. But right now, I love who I am. And I always do.
I might not look back at freshman year and think "Damn, I was the shizznit." Which I definitely thought I was. And I'm probably not going to look back my senior year in college to my senior year in high school and think "Damn, I was the shizznit." Although, I definitely think I am.
In conclusion, I think people spend so much time "finding themselves", that they completely miss the It's Me Train, that was there all along.
So my advice to all those feeling lost: Embrace you insecurities, love your qualities, and, eventually, you'll feel good in your own shoes.
And tonight it occured to me. How does one find one's self? Do they find it in a book, on TV, in a song, or go outside and look in their backyard?
I just don't understand the phrase "Finding yourself". I have never tried to find myself. Maybe I'm just lucky in the fact that I've never truely felt lost to the point that I had to look for myself. And I'm not even trying to be sarcastic here, but honestly...
I know who I am. I'm proud of who I am. I'm proud to say I'm friends with the people I hang out with. And although I know I've done some stupid things, I'm proud to say that I don't regret a thing I have done.
Not to say that 1 year ago I was the same person, or that in a year I will be the same person. But right now, I love who I am. And I always do.
I might not look back at freshman year and think "Damn, I was the shizznit." Which I definitely thought I was. And I'm probably not going to look back my senior year in college to my senior year in high school and think "Damn, I was the shizznit." Although, I definitely think I am.
In conclusion, I think people spend so much time "finding themselves", that they completely miss the It's Me Train, that was there all along.
So my advice to all those feeling lost: Embrace you insecurities, love your qualities, and, eventually, you'll feel good in your own shoes.