Who am I? Who am I, really? Who do I want to be? I suspect all of us have asked ourselves these questions over the years. It makes no difference, young or old. Maybe, when we were young we asked the questions more often as we were just becoming "comfortable in our own skin".

Throughout life, we are pushed from and in all directions to be the person someone else wants us to be. Usually, it is to be like them, think like them, and act like them or do whatever they wish us to do for their own reasons.

We are not them. Unless we really want to be like them, we shouldn't try to be. Each of us is unique, coming from our unique family backgrounds and living our own experiences. This doesn't mean, for those who have had difficulty in the past, we should wallow in the mire and not rise above those difficulties. It does mean we are our own selves. We can chose the lives we desire and, if committed to it, we can move in that direction to be ourselves and not who someone else wants us to be.

Be you and not someone else's version of you. While you are at it, be the best you that you can be.

Jim