Figuring Out Who We Are

Figuring out who we are is one of life's little mysteries. Just when you think you know, it changes. Or life changes. The willingness to find one's selves comes with age and the need to be free in one's own mind. We all make mistakes in our lives. We learn to live with them or we don't. If we don't we are destined not to learn from them. It took me a long time to realize,  that the energy I spent on people who really didn't care about me to begin with, was a harm only to me. Once I realized that, it was easier to let go of the people and/or things in my life that don't work. I was always under the impression that when you hurt about someone, they feel the same. It has taken me many years to realize that love and compassion are not always reciprocal.  It has also taken me a long time to learn that blood does not mean automatic love. But the most important thing I have learned in my life is, to be yourself.