Getting To Know Me

There’s more to believing than seeing. There’s more to understanding than hearing. There’s more to right than an apparent absence of wrong. What we get is not always what we expect.

Everything we are is the result of relationships…one person being influenced by another…one person communicating with another.

It’s what we do with what we have…it’s how we react to what we see and what we hear that makes us an individual. And no two individuals are the same because each one of us is the result of a specific set of situations and circumstances.

Apart from life itself the one thing we all have in common is choice. Choice is simply the conclusion an individual comes to when the possibilities have been considered.

Having choice and exercising choice are two different matters. Theory is always far less complicated than practice.

Putting into practice that which we have decided is the most sensible, the most correct and the most logical course of action can be difficult – sometimes not even possible given the time and place.

And while there are often binding consequences that follow a particular choice or series of choices we always have the option to choose again.

The decisions we make, the actions we take should always be preceded by consideration and the effort expended should be commensurate with the significance of the issue.

The relationships we have and the way we choose to react to them will shape the person we are. We can see that when we look back at the person we have been. That should be a lesson learned for the future and the person we will become.

But the relationship many people overlook is the one relationship that is inescapable…and the most important. That’s the relationship we have with ourselves.

Getting to know you is necessary. Getting to know me is crucial.