Who Are You
By LMReviews on Apr 10, 2009 in Multicultural Writing, Self Culture
In the culture of “YOU”, who are you when no one’s looking? I had a friend once tell me how she doesn’t like to be alone. Having lived the majority of my life alone, I really couldn’t understand it. As we talked she explained that when you are alone you are forced to be genuinely yourself. There’s no one to impress, no comparisons to make and your thoughts are the only ones you hear.
This could be a good thing or a bad thing. If you know yourself and like what you see then it can be a very good thing. That is, until it is time to grow. You can’t grow without experience and interaction with others. You never know what you are truly made of until you are put into a situation with others. Conflict and challenges are a true test of who you are.
Who we are with others is rarely the same as who we are alone. There are certain people who know you at the core because they’ve lived with you for a long time or have been made prevy to the life-altering, character-defining events in your life. But no one knows all there is to know about us, often not even ourselves.
