What Iāve Learned About Myself from Others
I am fairly obsessed with self-knowledge and uncover human spirits in any way thatās possible. Over the past few years, I find myself continue to discover new things about myself, mostly through personal comments from old & new acquaintances. Though most times, I donāt take comments about me to heart, or more often I would even say no some as itās deemed more socially appropriate to deny things we like about ourselves and dismiss praises as not to seem conceited. But if I hear the same thing from several people, or something comes from a sincere friend with a thorough explanation, I wonder the possibility that these statements are true
Things others have said more than a few times about me
I am an unforgettable person
I have the ability to make people talk about things they donāt usually share
I can be very direct sometimes even though I am passive most of time
I am confident but at the same time have low self-esteem
If I were to be described as a vegetable, it would be onion
I discover things most people donāt see
I can be aloof and come out as uninterested
I am quite difficult to please
Some that I am still processing and find very amusing
I will be a good dad, and my kids will be just as quirky and hippie as I am
I secretly want to get famous
I come across more like an art student than a science student
I have come to understand most of these things are accurate statements about myself, but I am definitely not all of these things all the time. When I reflect back to moments of listening to other peopleās comments on me, I have also learned that I evolved. Perhaps, more thoughtful and considerate than I was as a younger
Not everything that we can know about ourselves comes from our own productivity. Now, the more often I hear about other peopleās opinions about me, the more obsessed, and take each and every comment to digest, negative or positive, as it were the final, definitive, universal ruling on my character...
Whatās something youāve learned about yourself? Did you also learn from other people?













