Life brings experience after experience to define who we really are. Some of us take life by the horns and direct to where we want to go. Is this going to be a fulfilled life? What if what I wanted is not what is best for me? It is moments like meeting new people, going to new places and developing friendships that define who we are. Moments that bring us to get to know ourselves better and realize this is who I truly am and what I love. Each person you come in contact with, good or bad, plays a vital role of how you will develop. Some people can hold on to you or control you to a point where you realize you are not getting anywhere fast. Others push you in the direction of who you truly are and will become. I have run into people who have done both. Funny part is I have been held back too much. It is moments like this one where I am writing and realizing I need to grab my own bull and pull it to the ground. How else will I get to know how strong I am as a person? How else will life be worth living if we do not take it by the horns? However, we have to let things happen as well or we may drive ourselves to the ground only to be trampled. We can only control so much. If we had control of everything then this world would not be free to live in as we are living now. We would have more dictators. We would have more wars. We would have more turmoil. We can only control ourselves to make sure we are doing everything right. Even in this motion we get lost.
It is in moments when we are lost that we truly find ourselves.
This is where we are vulnerable and the people around us show us the way by them living their lives. Friends bring us to become who we are. Girlfriends chip away at us but also help us narrow personalities down. Wives help us become who we are by letting us be ourselves and them loving it. Same goes for boyfriends and husbands.
The great part is the path to getting to those people. The path to getting to those moments that create moments like this where I can reflect on my life and the moments I have had and the moments I look forward to.
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I couldn't agree more about the influence that people have in our lives. I love reflecting on the people I've met and why they made a difference in my life. There are a few people I will NEVER forget (for positive and, unfortunately, negative reasons). I am glad I keep letters, emails, photos, journaled etc. It is eye-opening to go back into the past and re-visit that stuff and re-live some of the interactions. Not to say one should dwell on the past - but as you've stated, we all grow because of what happens in our lives. I've found that re-visiting some things has taught me even more.
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