You know, sometimes I often look at life as like a big production. We all play certain roles in our every day lives that go according to how we are supposed to be. Each character created to fit and mold into any scenario that the metaphorical production manager of our lives wants us to be. With every individual, there is a certain slot to fill in a group and any deviation from that role is...well out of character. Often times this depiction of the role we're supposed to play is a one dimensional caricature of who we really are. It's the thing that stands out about you the most, that prominent brow, the outlandish personality, whatever it may be becomes the role that we are known for and identified with. But what happens when you start to believe that who you are believed to be based of one aspect of your life is the only thing that makes you unique?
I believe people are so multi-faceted in who they ultimately are that they can be boxed into only one category that describes who they are. But I also believe people lump people into categories triggered by stereotypes of that person because it is easier for them to understand. As a people we tend not to make scenario's more complicated than they need to be, so we simplify things and categorize as a way of controlling what they see. When it comes to people this practice is used more times than not. It's seems easier to only see the surface of this person and go off what we see rather than what really makes this person unique in every way.
Most people go through life having a certain perception of themselves that we want to convey to everyone but get caught up in the perception of them that people have. So we play into the role and after enough times of convincing yourself it's true it starts to become your reality. But what exactly entails genuinely being yourself? If we are so consumed in becoming what we feel like we should be, how is there ever time to find the true essence of what we really are as an individual?
The answer is not easily told but I figure it involves much courage and plenty of soul searching. The best belief starts within yourself and as soon as you depend more on your own opinion as opposed to others a sense of self starts to develop. So as you go on from this post let me encourage you this, if you ever question who you genuinely are play more towards your heart than playing towards the crowd.
Until next time folks '...Keep calm and carry on'
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