Now there is an interesting question
about being. How many labels can we
attach to ourselves? Things such as I am
a woman, I am 60+, I am Canadian, I am a daughter, a sister, a friend. Or things like character such as I am
organized, I am happy, I am smart, I am stupid, I am wise, I am a clown, I am
impatient, I am tolerant. You can see
that some labels conflict with each other.
Do these labels we or others put on us
make us who we are? Deep down? I think it shapes us but it doesn’t make you
who you are. We are more than the labels
and our beliefs are deeper than being a woman (for example). The beliefs that truly define us, are the
beliefs that we carry out in actions. A
person may say she is kind but if she sits on the bus and growls at anyone who
tries to sit beside her she is not behaving kindly and her belief in kindness
is not a true belief but a myth she tells herself.
Examining what we really believe means
we have to look at how we behave in order to know that we are measuring up to
our beliefs. I know I am looking at the
question sideways instead of examining myself but it seems to me that I have to
understand the question more thoroughly in order to put a lot of labels on
myself and then work through those beliefs in myself.
Objections aside I will think about my
beliefs and try to figure out what they mean!
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