Know Who You Are

Is this a possibility... in Knowing Who We Are, do you think we should take the time to understand others, before investing in our own?

Understanding who we are?

As a young child I was faced with many circumstances which stretched ‘who I was’ at an age when baseball, snowballs and candy should have consumed me.

 

How are we to assist, teach or even lend a hand to another or for that matter given the right when we truly do not understand who we are?

Do we lend an ear?  Or just keep Talking?

Understanding Who We Are, could this expose us for who we truly are?

 

The future moves into the past…

 

 

Know Who You Are

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Facing our Fears – Is all, but a mirror image

One we refuse to see - one we refuse to acknowledge?

 

I claim no acceptance in fostering appreciation

Encompassing emotions, other than my own

Elapsed time, this I can-not proclaim.

 

Guilty I am… Immersing ‘my being’ in the past

The lifting of boundaries (through Love and Understanding)

Offered in abundance… “This eludes me.”

 

Where have we lost such pluralisms in life?

Why do we wish to ex-change the reflections of who we are?

 

Without values we have no foundation

Our future should not, and must not, be transmogrified

(Because of our past)

 

Eyes of first impressions lost in judgment

Casting of shadows, tossing blame

Why must we quench our thirst from the well of hatred?

Who are we to judge without knowledge, or out of fear?

  

Thoughts become nothing more than reflections

History will - recall voices within our diverse past

 

When we really speak the words ‘Thank You’ ‘I Love You’ ‘I ‘Appreciate You’ ‘I am Truly Sorry’ are they really filled with the meanings they deserve?

A message conveyed or perhaps ‘lesson to be learned’

 

Looking back – moving forward

Beyond Cognition, reflections now dissolved

 Image of another becomes clear

I must vanish to…

Know Who {You} Are…

  

© 2007 Legacy

Reviews

[Bailey Ann]

Wow, it leaves me thinking of a lot of questions I have to ask myself. And you're right, why are we still so teribly prejudice, always angry and upset over the silliest little things. And I totally agree with Demyra there that sometimes we say things like I love you without even thinking it. I know I do it all the time, mostly to friends and family but I say it so that, should anything ( Goddess Forbid) happen to either of us, they know that they were loved.

[Lee*]

It is always difficult to remove ourselves from the forefront of our mind. I find that when many people speak of God they tend to be making a bigger projection of themselves. God agrees with their views. What they love he loves, what they hate he hates, so even in the field of divinity we often see things only through our own perspective. It's not surprising then that we do the same with others around us. People are good or bad according to how much they conform to our views. I wonder if we'll ever outgrow this little habit of ours. It seems doubtful as it's such a central part of who we are. Still, we can hope!

I loved your ideas here. Very thought provoking! :-)

[Jessica]

i loved this. and it is so true.
great job

[Jeanie O'brien]

great writeing,deep as i like them ....well done

[Samantha Slonina]

Well...personally I disagree with on part. "Without values we have no foundation Our future should not, and must not, be transmogrified (Because of our past)" That just seems to literal to be just. The past is what shapes us for today and tomorrow. Without aknowledging it's own silent significant in the whole scheme of things seems pretty redundant if you ask me. I happened to like the rest of it though. I too am guilty of using terms of endearment way too lightly...but then agains who doesn't.

[Ken Collins]

You know, the poem almost has a personality. All the lines involving "me," and "we," and "I," makes the reader realate to and engage in this peice. Even better is that I seem to be the only one who has picked up on this factor, which means it operates on a more subconcious level. I just happened to stumble upon it. nice work.

[ambur]

This makes me think on many levels of words. The first few lines reminds me of lines I, myself, have written. It feels as though you are questioning yourself and others, as if unsure if this piece you have written meets any level of truth. I enjoyed this write.

[Kathleen Marie]

You leave a person with a lot of questions, a lot of pondering. First impressions...

[J. Thomas Parker]

When we really speak the words

'Thank You'~'I Love you'~'I AppreciateYou'~'I am Truly Sorry'

Are they Truly filled with the meanings they deserve?

yes.

[Vanessa P]

Self-reflection perhaps? Trying to gain understanding of one's self at the same time of others. We look at ourselves in a certain way and sometimes we're not quite content. And there are times we feel like we have to live up to others' expectation, leaving us discontented and unhappy of who we are. Even if we are already enough and quite beautiful in our own way. The fact that we can not appreciate one's self also makes us become harsh at judging others. Our misery leads us to also be cruel and be less accepting. So I suppose this is a wake up call in a way. We should look beyond the surface and gain a better understanding on what a person is truly about. We might find something in common or gain more from it and hence help us become a better person.

[Stacy]

I do like how this leaves you wondering about yourself.