“Tell me more about yourself” is what I believe is one of the world’s most difficult questions. You tell that to a person and he or she would stare scared, sweating, frustrated, or even blankly at you as if something erased everything from his or her head. It wouldn’t be too difficult, i think, when most oftentimes people would say “I” or “my” or “me” rather than the impersonal pronouns. So why is it difficult to say something about oneself? Why is it so hard to make this paper? Why am i me? What made me “me”? Who am i? Where do i even refer to support my claims of who i am?
Being asked such question always elicit a response asking for more clarification or more categories on what about oneself does a person wants to hear about and it quite sucks to dig up your brain for answers and finding a treasure chest way deep in the dark corners of the brain.
Psychology has taught me a lot about myself and further I am explained through different perspectives which all may be possible to be true. I touch creationism and i consider myself created by a supreme being from dust and soon to dust i return. Then if i touch astrology, i would say im born under the sun sign of Aries, with a Sagittarian moon sign and a Virgo rising sign. I can go touch Numerology and say I’m a LifePath 11. In the MBTI types, im an INFJ. Among the four temperaments, I’m a well blended Melancholy-Choleric. Now, what does these types tell about me? A lot and very few at the same time.
I find myself in love with tests and quizzes that tell me more about myself. Back when i was an adolescent, i became obsessed with internet quizzes and would save all the results i got. Upon remembering this, i realized that the quizzes was in multiple choices. You add up all your answers and the letter that you most chose is your result. Furthermore, this brings me to that realization that my choices will tell me who i am, and i tell my choices.
Then again, it has been hard to write this paper since I can’t find a strong foundation to build my thoughts on. After several ideas, I have found the keystone. I believe that the reason why it is difficult to answer the statement: “Tell me about yourself” is that we usually talk about things that is constant about us and we come to be worried if we can’t say something true. How many times have we encountered this question and said the same things a few times and said other things several times? We come to fear that we may be dishonest about ourselves and of course, we want to make a statement.
Heraclitus said, “Nothing endures but change”. Change is constant. Every second, we change even in the tiniest detail of us. Therefore, “everything flows, nothing stands still.” still said by Heraclitus. All is moving. Even atoms of matter do not stay still. In movement, vibration, things exist.
I define my being as dynamic. I move therefore, I exist. I change therefore, I exist.
