Be True

[jfargo]

"Be true to yourself

Comments

[aiela]

One of the most important things I learned is that I *can* be all those people. I don't have to be one thing.

[jfargo]

I've learned it. Then learned it again. Then relearned it.

I suspect it's an ongoing lesson, for me. As long as it wedges itself in there every now and then, I'll turn out okay once I'm a grown up.

[violaconspiracy]

Sometimes I wonder if Shakespeare understood this when he penned "To thine own self be true." Maybe it was intended to be empty advice from a pompous, wind-filled fool. How can we really know ourselves when we are so contradictory and constantly evolving? I think you're right. We are more than the sum of our parts.

[jfargo]

I remember that I loved the line when I first read it but as a teen it seemed simple for me. I would figure out who I was when I became an adult! That's how you KNOW you're grown.

I'm slowly figuring out just how wrong I was back then, now that I'm 34.

[bleodswean]

*hugs* This just is so raw and full of feeling.

[jfargo]

Thank you. *hugs* It felt good, writing it out.

[eska818]

Heh, you've come to an interesting conclusion. Maybe it's one I should think about for myself!

[roina_arwen]

I like the thoughtfulness in this, and I personally believe that we are all more than the sum of our parts. :)