Who am I?
Seems like an easy question, but the way I answer can tell the questioner, a lot....a little....or nothing at all. Have you ever noticed how people respond when you ask them "who are you?", "where are you from?" or, "what do you do". From my own experience, their first response is usually the most revealing and I can draw some pretty accurate conclusions about them, their personality, their state of mind, or their positivity or negativity about themselves with that first comment they make to my initial question.
We all face challenges in life, have endured struggles and disappointments, been successful at things and failed at others, came in first, last, or received a participation trophy, and look to the future with either expectancy or trepidation. And in all these situations we have a label placed on us which is plainly visible to everyone we come in contact with. How they respond to us, and how we respond to them reveals a lot about them and us, and often that first impression is a hard one to get beyond. Too bad we judge others, judge them too quickly and walk away from some because they are different from us and who knows what we miss in the process. Ultimately we are all in the same boat, trying to get through each day, find joy or happiness, live in harmony with those around us and do good and have good things done to us.
A lot of thoughts......and it all started with a question........a question I don't think I answered, and look how many words I used to not answer it.
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