The Real You

The Real You

We are all told multiple times throughout our lives that we should be ourselves. After all we are all beautiful on the inside right? Right? Here’s the question, what exactly it, the real you.



The Real You?

 Shouldn’t this be an easy question to answer? We know ourselves better than anyone else surely. However being ourselves is not as easy as it may at first seem. Perhaps you should simply act on instinct. But if this is true then you’re ignoring your thoughts, something most of us would not do. This isn’t the real you. Do what you feel is right? What does that even mean? Right and wrong don’t exist after all, it’s a matter of opinion. So follow your opinions. They change, people change. We develop our opinions from what we experience and our surroundings, not from just being us.

 

Each person is kind of like a canvass, a blank piece of paper waiting to be painted. In this analogy the artist uses our own past experiences to paint the picture that is our personality. The real you. However people will discuss self-identity and how they are searching for themselves. While we would like to say we are who we want to be, we all know we always want more for ourselves. It’s what drives us forwards at all.

 

It’s normal that we all want to be better. It’s also normal to do what we think is right. However the right path is rarely the easiest path. If it’s right to be ourselves, then it would certainly imply that it is difficult. There’s obviously more to it however. Sometimes we choose not to do ‘the right’ thing. Does that mean we are bad people?

 

There’s a film called Unbreakable by everyone’s favourite director M. Night Shyamalan. While having a lot of his usual boring twaddle, it does pose an interesting point on the idea of good and evil and destiny. It makes the possibility seem quite terrifying. Yes I doubt this is what Shyamalan was going for but to me at least it did pose the question of what would you do if you were destined to be the bad guy, the villain. This translates here as if we are looking to be who we are, is it possible that the real us is an awful person. Maybe a selfish, greedy person is who we really are. Can we change that?



Yes we can. In reality the real you isn’t really important. It’s our actions that affect those around us. It’s our actions that shape our future. Taking action when it’s difficult, even when it may be impossible is good if you think it is right. What am I saying here? Am I just going around in circles?

 

What I’m saying is you can try searching for the real you. You can spend your whole life searching, going through many experiences and meeting many people. You’ll find nothing. I don’t think it is anything so spiritual or philosophical. Perhaps human beings are lucky in a way. We have the choice and the responsibility, to define the real us ourselves with what we do and who we are in our lives. Or maybe I’m just full of crap. What do you think?