The Shapes We Take

People don't change on the inside, they only fool themselves sometimes.

Okay I know this is going to sound EXTREMELY nerdy, but get over it. When I was reading the Odyssey I found what I believe to be the coolest passage ever!

" 'Ah, Goddess,' the cool tactician countered, 'you're so hard for a mortal man to know on sight, however shrewd he is - the shapes you take are endless!' "

So I was wondering....what shapes do we take?

I often ask myself if I really, truly know who I am. All too often we allow ourselves to be dependent on others opinions, judgements, and criticisms, and we allow THOSE to define our being. We are told to be ourselves and not to let anyone change that, but the people we surround ourselves with DO change us, whether it be positive or negative. It seems that the two cancel each other out. We have to be ourselves, but as people we change. So what are we left with then? I think we are left with choice and everything else follows it. When we think about it, life is built up of a serious of choices and we change because of those choices. The shapes we take are dependent on choice alone. We choose who we surround ourselves with, how we behave, why our behavior changes in different environments, etc. In my opinion, the shapes we take are just different aspects of ourselves.

The shapes we take are natural. Our shapes define us. My shapes make up my being.