"Give up defining yourself — to yourself and others. You won't die. You will come to life. And don't be concerned with how others define you. When they define you, they are limiting themselves, so it's their problem." — Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth, p.
Found this quote on another blog and well it really hit the spot of how i have been feeling lately. A more personal identity crisis between who i am and who others think i am and what they want me to be.
I have always been myself but lately i find that people don't see who I am but rather a version of who i am that comes from who they are. A sinner will see others as sinners. A saint will only see the good in people. An outcast will see the out cast in others. I am not the face of the hero though I have might have the conviction of one. I am not the face of the romantic lover though I might have the heart of one. I am not the face of the genius inventor though my brain just happens to work that way.
We are who we are if others don't see it its their loss. For I AM I...
I have always been myself but lately i find that people don't see who I am but rather a version of who i am that comes from who they are. A sinner will see others as sinners. A saint will only see the good in people. An outcast will see the out cast in others. I am not the face of the hero though I have might have the conviction of one. I am not the face of the romantic lover though I might have the heart of one. I am not the face of the genius inventor though my brain just happens to work that way.
We are who we are if others don't see it its their loss. For I AM I...
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