Who Am I?
Who am I? The question bobs around in my psyche all
the time, sometimes nagging, sometimes quiet, sometimes gently stirring other
questions and other answers up to the surface.
Who am I? The answer is complicated. I am no one’s mother. I am no
longer a daughter or a wife so who I am is stripped down to the basics. Who am “I”?
I am a child of the Divine, driven by the sway of my
spirit, living on faith, a child of the Divine. I am a seeker, greedy for
knowledge, a growing spirit, a loving being. I am a keeper of secrets, and a
giver of comfort. I listen when you speak. I am studious and generous,
sometimes selfish and churlish and hard to understand.
I am one of the masses, I am a solitary and
individual and a part of humanity. I am wise and yet have much to learn. I am
often angry and sometimes sad. Happiness eluded me for half my life so I guard
it zealously now and yet I know I must give due respect for the oncoming of
sadness that visits from time to time for it is the whetstone that keeps my
happiness honed and my understanding solid.
I am a friendly acquaintance and a fierce friend. I
am respectful in one moment and sarcastic in the next. I like to laugh and don’t
mind crying and I listen to the things you don’t say.
I don’t like conflict or confrontation, but I despise
being treated unfairly or pushed aside. Even worse is to be misrepresented. I
honor truth, but I often tease by exaggerating. I see the line between good and
bad like the line between day and night, different with each circumstance and
constantly changing. I try to always be changing something about myself while stabilizing
my core and strengthening my values.
Who am I? I am you, a child of the Divine, empathetic
to the needs and the feelings of people I have never met, to the plight of all
abused creatures and to the mistreatment of the planet that sustains us still.
Who am I? I am you, a child of the Divine.
