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I often struggle with the most basic question of them all: Who am I? To me, how I live my life is the only way to answer that attempt at self-reflection. Yet,
by robg 13y ago
I often struggle with the most basic question of them all: Who am I?
To me, how I live my life is the only way to answer that attempt at self-reflection. Yet, we are not what we do. That's the dodge that plagues me.
- zaptheimpaler 13y agoEach of us is two very different people - the one we know, and the one others know. I've found that self-reflection only takes me so far because of how charitable we tend to be to ourselves. I'm trying to get to know the me that others know - the me composed of my actions and their perceived motives and outcomes. It's deeply discomforting how different that me is from the one I know. Try this - record a few of your phone conversations (with the other persons permission) over a week and listen to them. I found that the person on the phone is pretty far from who I thought I am.
- saraid216 13y agoI'd actually suggest Montaigne, if you haven't touched him already; this is a good intro: http://www.amazon.com/How-Live-Montaigne-Question-Attempts/dp/1590514831/ http://www.amazon.com/How-Live-Montaigne-Question-Attempts/d...