Human Nature

When you see your reflection in the mirror, is that person really you? Who is that person in the mirror? How close is the person in the mirror to the person you are inside?

Looking in a mirror is different for every person, and no one will ever look at themselves and see what someone else sees them as. As to wether or not the person in the mirror is really me I think thats hard to answer. They say a picture tells a thousand words, but what can a reflection say about a human. I don't think when I look in the mirror I see all of who I am. As I grow up the person in the mirror is almost a stranger to me. Time doesn't really seem to move fast until you notice how much of it is gone; looking in the mirror I see not who I am, but who I will become.

Who is the real you? What dimensions of your life (physical, spirtitual, emotional etc..) make up the real you? Do you really feel you know yourself?

The real me....thats a tough question to write. I don't think I can completly answer that at this point in my life. Moving away from home was a very important step in finding out the real me. At this time in my life everything seems to be very trial and error; make mistakes to learn how to do it right. Every dimesion of my life makes up who I am. This point in my life is very confusing because at the end of the semester I have to make a major decision that will effect the rest of my life. In the end however no matter the outcome I will be learning more about the "real" me.

Do you question anything about who you are?

I find myself question things like that everyday. Who am I? What am I doing here? Where will I be in the next 5 years? Questions that are unanswerable always leave me longing and wondering for the future. I wish I could find out who I am; only time will tell.

How do others describe you? Is this really you?

Im not really sure how my friends would describe me. I know however that they would not be totally correct. Everyone has secrets and I am no exception. There are things about every person that they wouldn't want other people to know, or they are too afraid to share with other people because they don't know what to think. At time I feel myself conforming to do what I think I am expected to be doing but as I am getting older I am finding it more and more important to be who I am regardless of the cost.

Do we create ourselves? Or are our traits inherited?

I think that the answer to both these questions is yes. Who we become is both a product of our own experiences as well as the actions of others around us. The character traits of our parents have a major factor on us as children because they are constantly around us and we are learning everything from them and follow their actions.

As we get older however, independence plays a factor and we start to learn for ourselves and from other people so we begin to find the character traits that work best for us.