I. You. Us.

Who am I?

Who are you?

Who are we?

Familiar questions huh? Especially the first one. Who am I? It is such a simple question yet we can't seem to settle on a solid answer. We change who we are constantly or who we think we are. Many are the times when you are faced with struggles in life and you stop for a moment to breathe, then it hits you... That very question that you have just answered yourself not long ago. At that point and time you find yourself in distress, contradicting your ideals of your identity. You seek insatiably for the answer, the truth. But now I tell you, the truth lies, in you.

I've spent many moments wondering, pondering, debating, challenging the idea of self and self identity. I seek for answers in regards to its origin, meaning, significance and relation to us. Here is what I have to say about I. You. Us

I.

I am __________

I am whatever I am required to be at any given moment. I am honest, I am deceiving, I'm interesting, I'm dull, I'm this, I'm that. I need not a label for I know I will indefinitely agree and disagree with myself. I will change constantly and so will my ideals. I will contradict. This is I, I am who I am.

You.

You are one of many as I am one of many. We are all unique in our own way. Diverse in our myriad of knowledge, experience and preference. Although we are different we are also very much the same. Although I do not completely understand the extent of what is going on in your head but if I see you fall I too can relate to the pain for I also have fell before. Although we have all these differences, we still can share one thing and this one thing is what makes human. We can share our humanity.

Us.

You and I... We are pretty much the same. We are also very different from one another. That is what makes life interesting. We are all artists, our life is our medium, our art is our expression. There will always be uncertainty, instability and chaos. For without them there will be no need for the word 'balance', its existence would have meant nothing. For if I could only see light then I'll never know light for there is no darkness to teach. Embrace all there is, appreciate life and improve the 1 thing we know we can improve by change... Self.

To end this I'd like to share with you this aphorism widely used by stoic philosophers in ancient Greece.

Know Thyself 

To know I, I look to you. To know you, I look into I. To know Us, I look into We. We all fit into the picture of our Humanity.