Why am I?

We find ourselves through trial and error.
Identity is perpetually in flux; each day we meet ourselves anew.

Reviews

[Justine]

How did I miss this one? I like brevity as it often leaves the reader with much to think about. I always held that we are "a blank slate upon which experience writes" but I have since learned from experience that our environment, who we associate with, our social upbringing etc all influence us along our "experiences" with those things and more. I'd like to think that every day we "evolve". Nice complexity to this, I like it :)

[Matt Sayer]

Thanks Justine! :) I too like to imagine that our progress day-by-day is indeed a positive one, evolving, as you say. Wisdom should soften our edges, yet harden our cores, though such hypothesis does not always hold true in the physical domain, unfortunately. :)

[love, lorey]

As our identity is continually in flux, do we ever really know ourselves?

[Matt Sayer]

We are introduced to ourselves as strangers; we become friends, then partners, then soul mates, but there always remains portions of our identities locked in Enigma boxes, as mysterious to us as to the rest of the world.

[love, lorey]

That's kind of beautiful though, the unknowing.

[Matt Sayer]

It keeps everyday fresh and every experience swirling in potential.

[love, lorey]

:) I like that.

[Alia ZJ.]

Now that is thought-provoking.
Welldone, Matt. :)

[Matt Sayer]

Thank you ver much Ghalia! :)

[Lyn Anderson]

Simple. Beautiful. Elegant. Very nicely done.

[Matt Sayer]

Thank you very much :)

[Allie E]

I love things like this that make you think. Great job.

[Matt Sayer]

Thank you Allie!

[Quill~]

Everyday is a struggle to find ourselves again.
You have depth in this little write. A thought-provoking question, Matt. :)

[Matt Sayer]

Thank you Quill! Every new experience moulds us, shapes us. Our stories are never static, not even after death.

[Quill~]

:) you are welcome...you're wise dude, Matt.

[Michelle N. H.]

Wise words put eloquently :)

[Matt Sayer]

Thank you Michelle! :)

[Vidya Bacchus]

I love how profound your writes are.And so true.Great one matt:)

[Matt Sayer]

Thank you Vidya!

[Vidya Bacchus]

You are welcome:)

[Bob Sherunkle]

Never a truer word written Matt.

[Matt Sayer]

Thanks Bob!